Originally Posted by
mpet
The society we live in has to have winners and losers because not everybody can win. People's lives are mostly left up to chance, whether it be intellectual ability, environment they grow up in etc.
You and I are lucky to have been able to do what we're doing. Maybe you think you got here because you're so awesome and worked so hard but that's not what most people have to do.
Look who has to work at Burger King now, it's not just high school kids... it's not a temporary job anymore for a lot of people... there aren't that many jobs to go around because the middle class is being assaulted.
You're awesome though because you don't work at burger king, you'd rather have the government have to help these people survive than force burger king to, sure whatever.
I admire your idealism and i can tell that you're a caring person. With that being said, i enjoy the Whopper too much to let BK fold because they paid their workers too much (which is what would happen).
In the early 1900's something ridiculous like 1 out of EVERY 8 jobs belonged to telephone operators(in the private sector). Most on this board might ask "what's a telephone operator? ?"
Technology changes as does the job market. Adapt or die. This applies to both the company AND the worker.