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Re:Minimum-wage worker needs 2.5 full-time jobs to afford a ... by ceejayoz on Saturday February 16, 2019 @10:27AM (#19178967)
> Jobs that were previously considered in the realm of "teenager jobs" are now perceived as actual career tracks and a means toward a living.

This is a funny way of writing "previously lucrative careers available to blue-collar workers have largely evaporated".

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Re:Minimum-wage worker needs 2.5 full-time jobs to afford a ... by hedvig on Saturday February 16, 2019 @11:08AM (#19179223)
> "previously lucrative careers available to blue-collar workers have largely evaporated".

This is a funny way of writing "citizens should just accept any scraps they get"

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Re:Minimum-wage worker needs 2.5 full-time jobs to afford a ... by atemerev on Saturday February 16, 2019 @12:09PM (#19179568)
Trades are as strong as ever. Only manufacturing jobs evaporated, but this is not about automation, this is because of a certain country starting with “C” (not Canada).
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