No one expects young men to do anything and they are responding by doing nothing

Re:No one expects young men to do anything and they are resp... by giantg2 on Sunday April 24, 2022 @11:29AM (#31144976)

2% of hourly workers make federal minimum wage or lower according to BLS numbers. Many lower paying jobs (Walmart, McDonalds, etc) pay about $10 an hour. They generally don't provide benefits. So even if you get two jobs to fill a 40hr week, you're stuck with the medical costs. Good luck paying for housing and medical coverage (transportation, taxes, retirement, etc) at $20k per year in most areas. Hopefully you can get on assistance to help out.

There are a variety of issues and possible improvements to help the situation, not just the two you mentioned.

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Re:No one expects young men to do anything and they are resp... by VLM on Sunday April 24, 2022 @11:57AM (#31145273)

That 2% consists of people like my teenagers, both of which cannot afford housing and medical coverage by themselves and as Dad, I'm personally quite well acquainted with how they get financial assistance (LOL).

And no, McD does not pay $10/hr, I live in a low cost of living area away from the coasts and the sign on the door opposite my grocery store lists $15/hr right next to the sign that they're cutting hours due to lack of employees. On the coasts I'm sure its higher although cost of living is probably higher.

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Re:No one expects young men to do anything and they are resp... by giantg2 on Sunday April 24, 2022 @02:05PM (#31146536)

Your teenagers work fulltime? The BLS numbers for that 2% was looking at fulltime hourly workers. I'm sure there are plenty of part time people that would increase that 2%.

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Re:No one expects young men to do anything and they are resp... by Der_Einzige on Sunday April 24, 2022 @01:07PM (#31145931)

That 2% also includes disabled people where they can legally be paid below minimum wage. E.g. Walmart greeters with downs sydrome...

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