Reply to post: Re: TAKE THE MONEY

Would YOU make 400 people homeless for an extra $16m? Decision time in Silicon Valley

Dan Paul

Re: TAKE THE MONEY

It seems that Obama and the whole $15 minimum wage crew calls that a "Career", so why not me? And you say we Americans don't understand satire. Now I just wish we had a President that understood business or even anything at all.

No kidding these are "Starter Jobs" but someone has to provide housing that is affordable enough for people with even those meager paychecks to live in or there won't be any fast food or convenience stores to work in.

Truth be told, years ago McDonalds in Massachusetts ALREADY put up it's employees in small motels during the week and rent free to boot. And they paid better than minimum wages.

In 1977, I worked at a Burger King in Vail, Colorado slinging burgers and lived on the side of the mountain under a tarp.

Minimum Wage was $2.30 per hour and we were paid almost $7 per hour because of "free market forces". And guess what, the price wasn't significantly higher for the food.

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