[Uzzy]

Originally Posted by pontiacjs

You are the exception. And with the shrinking middle class it will be harder to do.

What service industry are you in? Have you ever worked in a factory? It is a gruelling, never ending piece of crap job that wears you out. You are on your feet all day doing the same thing every day day in and day out. Your hands hurt, your back is destroyed, your body and mind just gets worn out. They should be paid a fair wage and $12 per hour is not a fair wage.

Why do you begrudge someone a decent income?

I worked in fast food (Wendy's) for 4 1/2 years. I also worked in housekeeping at a hospital for two summers. I currently work in a factory, but not as a line worker, I'm an engineer. I do not begrudge people making a fair wage, but I do not believe that $30+/hr is a fair wage for the work they do. They should not be making $50-$90 thousand dollars per year for the work that the majority of them do. It is truely and honestly minimum wage work for the most part. How is it not? What about the jobs commands more than $8-15/hr, except for the fact that the people doing them want to make more money so that they do not need to go and better themselves to get higher paying non-factoy type jobs?

I also think the cost of post-secondary school education is too high in both Canada and the US and it is out of reach of too many people. But on the other hand, I see people throwing their parents money away at school all the time. A friend of mine has been going to college since 2001 and has only taken one year off in that time. He has yet to earn a degree or diploma in anyhting.

Call me crazy, but I don't think someone should be paid extra for back breaking work that requires no skill. I think they should do whatever they can to do either develop skills and move away from there that way, or find another job that requires no skill but is easier on the body. These types of jobs were never intended to be carreers, just a way of making money until something good came along.

And don't bother going from the automotive line to fast food .The only difference between fast food and automotive assembly line is the fast and slow periods happen hourly instead of yearly and they pay minimum wage. Other than that, the work is almost identical.