I'm using tires in this example because it's what I know. Let's take Discount Tire/America's Tire's founder Bruce Halle. When he started in 1960, he had “six tires, no plan” (literally his book's name) He borrowed $400 and opened up a shop in an old plumbing shop. Now, to do this in 2022, I was curious and found the following: …you would need a minimum of one hundred and eighty – seven thousand, nine hundred and eighty USD ($187,980) to establish a medium – scale but standard tire retail shop business in any city in the United States of America. source This can probably be trimmed, but the point remains: Starting a business while in poverty is damn near next to impossible for most people.
It doesn’t make sense to me.
I paid $5k and did 120 hours of unpaid placement to qualify as a support worker. Found a job at a residential facility, only to find out I get paid the same as a service station attendant (last job). Why would they require a qualification that takes 6 months $5000 and another 1 month of unpaid work, just to care for elderly and assist with daily living activities (showering, toileting etc), and pay them the same hourly rate as other jobs that don’t require no qualifications or even experience? No wonder they have shortage countrywide and plan to deploy military at aged care facilities if this continues. This qualification to me is a null set, no set of skills was acquired. I basically hold a certificate which proves I can brush someones dentures, listen to abuse and and wipe shit off their back. I quit the third day, and asked…
I hate tips.
As a European, I have to say that I find tips absolutely disgusting. I would hate for that to ever become a thing in my country. Oh, your boss doesn't pay you enough? That's the client's fault, they should reward you personally! Ugh. Like I see people here comment stuff about how they're being paid “11$/hr+tips, so 16$/hr” and I'm here baffled by how tips are basically essential to their lives. It's truly sickening. I wish tips just didn't exist and workers just received the right pay for the value that they produce and should rightfully own.
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I often hear that raising wages would cause inflation. If this is really true then it just shows that our economic system sucks and really isn't as great as its proponents say it is. If America really is the greatest country on Earth and capitalism really is the greatest economic system then it should be able to provide the common person with a basic standard of living.
The importance of asking questions
I hate this so much
I hope that
Matthew Stafford and his whole family die and the way home from the game and the fire recharged hes the worst person that ever existed dad Matt stafford died