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Originally Posted by dellinger63
Then why in the world did you ask me if I wanted them to disappear?
Do you tip your fast food server? Or the person at the drive-thru?
You realize individual McDonald's restaurants are owned by franchisees and not the corporation, no?
You also realize many McDonald's employees, especially in urban areas are paid more than minimum wage and sometimes even double?
Or is it someone built the road to the McDonalds so jimmy crack corn and I don't care?
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because if we want that as an industry, we must make sure it's a viable industry, and offers viable employment.
and no, i don't tip them, i don't go to those places. but i recognize that there's a need, and the employees need to be paid. and should be paid.
if your answer is that everyone should learn a skill and get a good job...then i would ask, who will work at fast food places? those jobs are necessary. are we supposed to just sneer at those poor, dumb sods but buy the product anyway? are we to just tell ourselves that it's their fault they work there?
when i was in the navy, as the chief told us in orientation in boot camp....some jobs in the military are more glamorous than others. but who is more important? for example, the pilot of the fighter plane, or the unsung mechanic who makes sure every bolt is tight? every job in the military is important, whether the yeoman who shuffles papers, or the boiler tech, or the nuke ET. they all are needed. they aren't all 'sexy', but they are all necessary.
now, should a mcdonals employee make 100k a year? of course not. should he or she be paid a living wage? absolutely. who is more important to the hungry person going thru the drive thru? i promise, it isn't the high paid ceo or the shareholder. you want your burger, and you want it now.
and what does it matter if some are franchises instead of corporate?
oh, and i do apologize. mcd's profits were't $3 billion.
it was $5 billion. but yeah, i see your point. they'd be hardpressed to pay more, wouldn't they?
and 'artificially setting wages'? the min. wage has been around for decades, but it has lagged with the rest of growth. it should be at $10/hour or so right now. wages are stagnant all over, not just there.
define 'artificial' what does that mean?