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re: The idea anyone is entitled to a "livable wage" is Ludacris
Posted on 4/2/24 at 2:26 pm to LSUGUMBO
Posted on 4/2/24 at 2:26 pm to LSUGUMBO
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100 years ago, there weren't nearly as many unskilled labor jobs
You've got that completely backwards. There were more back then. Folks dug ditches by hand (unskilled). On construction sites material was moved by men. Longshoremen hauled goods from docks to trucks and trains. There were no concrete pump trucks; men handled that with wheelbarrows.
You mentioned restaurants. There were no patty making machines; people did that by hand. The amount of unskilled labor back then dwarfed what there is today.
This post was edited on 4/2/24 at 2:28 pm
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Posted on 4/2/24 at 2:45 pm to Penrod
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You mentioned restaurants. There were no patty making machines; people did that by hand.
You're right- there were unskilled labor jobs, but there wasn't a restaurant (fast food or sit down) on every corner and the building boom was in its infancy.
Maybe I should have said that unskilled labor positions didn't make up such a large portion of the labor force in the advent of minimum wage. The dynamics of the work force has changed so drastically, that entry level positions shouldn't be paid a 'livable wage' as in previous generations.
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