Oreilly always has good talking points. Well, 95% of the time. It's the other segments (usually his interviews) where he starts to fall apart and show his partisanship and/or his bias on the topic, trying to push for an agenda. But the talking points are good and make sense.
How, in the face of soaring corporate profits do you justify a minimum wage that has not increased in 4 yrs or even kept up with inflation. Not to mention that BO is an old fart, the world has changed. Finding a job if you are unskilled is much more competitive now, everything is more competitive now, this ain't Mayberry. Then you have the issue of the hidden costs of lower wages, costs to us ...the tax payers. More people in need of social welfare assistance because they don't earn enough to cover basic needs.
The job remains the same. It is an unskilled job meant for teenagers and adults looking for second income. Just because someone has decided they want to make McDonalds a 'career' does not obligate McDonalds to pay more than what the job is worth. Its comical that you think people are entitled to more of those corporate profits. Well...actually...you ARE...if you buy stock. As an employee? Put your hat back on and be grateful you have a job you are at least 'qualified' for. When i can fire you and replace you in a minute with a teenager with no job skills, you are working in a minimum wage job.
I'll laud that Bill O'Reilly did the right thing growing up, he worked up the ladder. But as you said this isn't Mayberry, and without a college degree, which he was fortunate to have, it's not quite as easy to land ever improving gigs like him. . . also, if your not a harmless looking white guy, it gets even more difficult.
Maybe fifteen years ago I would've agreed with you.
There are currently less than 3% of those working in the U.S. that receive onl the minimum wage. Luck is defined, by me, as when opportunity meets preparedness, lacking either will give you "bad luck". You have considerable control over your preparedness, not so much over your opportunity, yet one should also be prepared to seek opportunity elsewhere. When you find yourself standing in a deep hole it is time to stop digging.
O'Reilly also recently said that he thought that the minimum wage was currently around $12/hr (obviously he was mistaken) and went on to explain that he thought that min wage should be raised to around $15.
Precisely, great posts both. The glare of white privilege can sometimes be blinding. I think many do not understand how outdated and utterly unrealistic the whole "pick yourself up by your bootstraps" thinking is. Not to mention that it really only makes sense if you are picking yourself up of a tidily quaffed lawn.
But apparently very in touch with his employees.
O'Reilly has no visible tattoos, a light complexion. . . height doesn't enter into the situation.
1. The outlook for people is EXACTLY what it was 15 years ago. What's the difference? Culture. We've lost the culture of striving to succeed. We've lost the perseverance to make something of ourselves. Instead, our culture is that of wealth-envy, instead of wealth-opportunity. Hard work? Bleah. I'd rather petition Mother Government to steal that wealth from others, and just "give" it to me. After all...I can't be expected to get those grillz, cable TV, iPhone and other stuff AND pay bills!
White Privilege, my ass. Ignorant excuses for personal failure.
You know who think this? Losers. 30-year old minimum wage workers who can't even work a computer. Folks who do "just enough" to get by, with no motivation to strive for something better.
Save your tears in a glass, for when I'm thirsty.
Seriously, seriously....for your rebuttal you trot out the tired old lines you've been fed from conservative talking heads.
This is interesting:
LOL !!!
And what is your point dude? That some fast foods don't pay minimum wage? Yeah, that's ok. But that's not the issue. The companies that pay more, do so because they feel the market can handle that. Those that don't, don't. If you raise the minimum wage, you force all companies to give out 15$/h at minimum wage. At this rate, it'll be cheaper for burgers to be made in China and exported to the USA.
Fill every job opening in the country right now. Something like 8 million people wont have jobs at all.