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If the minimum wage had kept up with inflation, it would probably be about $12 today.

I think it's more a lack of good paying jobs than minimum wage, and it's companies that want high skills for $10 an hour.

If the minimum wage had kept up with inflation, it would probably be about $12 today. I think it's more a lack of good paying jobs than minimum wage, and it's companies that want high skills for $10 an hour.

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Oh boy, when you're being limited by the United Emirates of Ohio's ORC, that really does put a damper on what you can do. But it is nice to see some place that actually looks for those without experience for the entry level jobs.

You are correct, the "everyone needs a degree to work here, even the toilet cleaner" has really messed up the system. It's just crazy. There are plenty of places around me that are constantly burning through people because they want (as an example of a place north of me) technicians with a degree and experience in chemical handling (industrial coatings company) but refuse to pay more than $10. I've had plenty of electrical positions offering wages that were just stupid - $25 an hour sounds decent until they say it's in Hillsboro, OR or even worse, LA...

It's just a mess. But I agree with Sanders on one point, the minimum wage has not kept up with inflation. Beyond that, he's an idiot.

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United Emirates of Ohio

lmao...

That is nuts about the chemical tech, we pay our dishwashers $10 an hour. We used to pay them $9 until they told me I can't hire high school kids anymore (total bullshit, they were some of our best workers, and I can't get around that. what type of adult is going to work for 10 an hour... niggers that ride the bus, that's who)

I don't believe that the government needs to set a min wage. Just look at Ohio, I don't know anyone who hires at min wage. The market has already decided that it is too low.

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Once you get out of the larger cities, there are still plenty of $7.25 an hour jobs out there. The little town I grew up in still has some small industries but they constantly are looking for people because no one wants to handle hot iron for minimum wage.

I don't know how these companies are getting workers anymore, not with Amazon sopping up the workforce. I have noticed a lot of the long-time established shitty industries around me are casting their nets further and further, but who is going to drive 40 miles one way down two-lane highway for a job that requires you work in a factory that blows glass, but pays less than Amazon?

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That's nuts, if you are driving that far for low wage, how is it worth it?

Although we get people from the other side of town that spend 3 hours a day on the bus to work (round trip). IDK why they do it. Did they burn through all the jobs on their side of town? Although I did have one black tell me, "I don't like working with a lot of other blacks, so I come out here to work". lmao...