welfare vs wages

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Dell, he can't take a second job because these fast food places only assign hours a week at a time and are very inconsistent in how they do it, so it's not like he even knows when his days off will be so he could apply somewhere else to work on those days. It was that way when I worked fast food back in the 1980s and it hasn't changed, as far as I know. You get your hours the week before. During the summer, some weeks I'd work 10 hours, some weeks I'd work 39. There was absolutely no rhyme or reason. I was 16, so it wasn't a big deal, but by 23 I'd been living on my own for years and there's no way I could have survived on the schedule I got when I worked fast food.

I imagine this guy would be thrilled to work 40 hours every week for one company. Or at least work a set schedule so he could get a second job. But fast food offers neither of those options. Ergo, the strike.

i really think that fast food workers, and others such as those at wal-mart, need to seriously consider joining a union. many of us in the middle and lower classes have no one to speak for us. we can't buy politicians, can't afford to pay lobbyists. but if they joined together, those many individual voices become one pretty loud one.

i don't think corporations realize what they'd accomplish by paying more. that means people spending more, which increases demand, which means you'd have to increase supply, which means more jobs. more spenders, more demand, etc
also, if one guy has a million dollars, he'll probably save most of it-he'll add it to the millions in the bank.
if a thousand people had a $1000, they'd all spend it. so, who does more for the economy?