Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees

Re:Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees by prolikewh0a on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @11:31AM (#18122596)

>This gets floated around a lot. At least in the US I can't imagine a scenario where not paying bills for 1 or 2 months results in homelessness and a repo'd car.

>Being both a homeowner and a landlord

You're in a totally different economic situation, and probably have little to no economic struggles at all. I'll call this out of touch as well.

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Re:Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees by diminoten on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @11:51AM (#18122776)

A lot of the problems encountered in poverty are due to ignorance; of how things work, where to get help, where the line is, it actually makes a lot of sense that low-wage workers think that being without a job for 1 to 2 months is a death sentence.

The real problem though is that "just get a new job" may or may not be possible, but if it is possible, the mechanics of how to do that are not available to low-wage workers. It doesn't really matter that there are plenty of jobs out there if the people who could work at them are not aware they exist, or how to apply for them.

Education, as per usual, ends up being a barrier.

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Re:Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees by irishcoffee on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @12:01PM (#18122862)

So my current economic situation dictates my past economic situation? You're comfortable making that assumption?

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