Interesting exchange I saw on Reddit (emphasis added by me to indicate the point):
Republicans think even $7.25 an hour is more than we deserve.
Baby_Yoda_Fett
Sad fact, i cant tell you how many people i talk to at work that think like this, they then say shit like “those arent meant to be jobs for adults, or its part time wages” they will tell themselves anything because our country has pushed a narrative for a long time now that if your poor its your own fault, not the fact that inflation continues to grow while wages stay the same.
De_Salvation
When they imply that “these are job for kids” they are admitting they think others (parents or the tax payer) should supplement the cost of products or services that these min wage jobs produce.
No matter what, if you have a human, living and working full time, there is a baseline cost for that person to live (shelter, food, medical care, etc), which they expect other people to cover in order to keep the price they pay down.
Republicans are leeches.
Edit: Further, these companies don’t want to pay their workers a living wage (such as Walmart, that has it part of their business model), while tech is advancing and replacing these jobs. It is not the worker’s fault they are working full time and simply want enough to live (and get themselves off social programs!).
However, any repetitive job that doesn’t require creative work, is being replaced by machines. This is one of the arguments for a UBI, to give back to society the jobs lost through automation and societal shifts (self checkout, shop from home, self driving trucks, etc).
neoikon