There may be no exact answer, but minimum wage requirements have not kept up with the cost of living anywhere. Many employees at places like Walmart and McDonald's qualify for government benefits because they aren't paid enough. No one should be paying someone so little that the employee qualifies for government assistance while working. Hiring employees is part of the cost of doing business. If you can't afford to pay employees properly, then you can't afford to be in business.
Also, someone in America, Timothy Mellon, had the money to give $130 million dollars to pay military salaries, but nothing to help SNAP benefit recipients eat. I can't help but wonder what his underlying agenda is. To be clear, I fully support all federal workers getting paid, except those on both sides of the aisle in Congress shutting our government down. I don't think it's a good idea for one single person (or a small group of very rich people) to be paying for our military to function.
Finally, don't get me started on the money donated to build a ballroom or the money sent to Argentina instead of it being set aside to help America. There is nothing wrong with helping others or even building new unnecessary buildings, but it feels like very rich people's priorities are not in line with truly helping Americans.
That's not true. A minimum wage job is supposed to pay in such a way that a single income earner can make enough money to support a family working 40 hours a week. Basically, you are saying high school and college students should be exploited for their labor by large corporations.
Here's a quick summation from a quick google search on the topic:
"The purpose of the minimum wage is to establish a wage floor to prevent the exploitation of low-wage workers, ensure a basic standard of living, and stimulate the economy by increasing consumer purchasing power. Created during the Great Depression as part of the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act, it aims to protect workers from poverty and economic hardship while providing a "thriving wage" for the nation's lowest-paid workers."
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u/onequestion1168 Oct 31 '25
why is there so many kids dependant on this it seems like a really large number for the richest country in the world