Republicans tell you to go to school if you want a better job.

They turn around and tell you that you wouldn’t be in debt if you hadn’t gone to school.

I call bull.

Every job should pay a livable wage, and companies that don’t pay it should be responsible for the cost of public assistance.

#politics

#LivableWages

@prodygy i agree that jobs should pay a reasonable wage, but would you argue that newspaper delivery people (usually kids) should pay a living wage? Surely "real" jobs should. But an unflinching "all jobs should" seems overly simplistic, no?

@lythander paper delivery boys are a thing of the past.

Kids generally don’t work full time. Arguing for low wages helps corporations who have been shortchanging Americans for decades.

@prodygy That's fair. Given the cost of a physical paper no one would pay for them anyway.

Where do you draw the line then? Like the UK have 2 minimum wages, one for under, say, 23, and one for over? I agree that full time jobs should pay a reasonable, living wage. Presumably we can outlaw tipping at the same time? Because the inflation that a change like this would require the Fed to raise rates and put people out of work to address that. It's a big messy problem if you look closely.

@lythander @prodygy
There's a good case to be made that profits have been driving inflation, not wages growth. In Australia anyway.
@Helen_Noonan @lythander profits are driving inflation in the USA too. It’s price gouging, not wages.