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[PaulS]

With the lack of factory jobs, flipping burgers has become a career. Yes, unfortunately I think certain people are not capable of working their way up the ladder. You and I have both dealt with them. The bill is $5.77, you give them a $10 and then they enter the $10 into the computer system and see you get back $4.23 and then you give them $1.02 so can get $5.25 back and they have no idea what to do.

They are never going to have what you and I may consider to be a great life but they deserve to have an ok life. I don't think a McDonald's worker deserves $15/hour but a min. wage that was indexed to inflation (I think it would be $10.xx now) might be sufficient.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by PaulS

With the lack of factory jobs, flipping burgers has become a career. Yes, unfortunately I think certain people are not capable of working their way up the ladder. You and I have both dealt with them. The bill is $5.77, you give them a $10 and then they enter the $10 into the computer system and see you get back $4.23 and then you give them $1.02 so can get $5.25 back and they have no idea what to do.

They are never going to have what you and I may consider to be a great life but they deserve to have an ok life. I don't think a McDonald's worker deserves $15/hour but a min. wage that was indexed to inflation (I think it would be $10.xx now) might be sufficient.

"they deserve to have an ok life"

Well said and true. Not everyone can have a big house. But we all deserve a place to live that is clean, comfortable, and safe. Sadly, we have a long, long ways to go, on that we can agree.

Most people - not everyone, but most - can do better than flipping burgers. Here in CT, we have state universities that will admit you if you have a "C" average in high school, and you can get a degree in nursing - bingo - set for life. And that's attainable for the vast majority of Americans - not everybody, but the vast majority.

[Jenn]

Jim in CT- unfortunately I have had a few hospital stays in my life and trust me the last thing I want is to be cared for by some "C" average nurse that is only in the profession because someone told them that they could become a nurse and "Be set for life". The medical field is already has enough people in it "for the money" so to speak. I have a major beef with this. If you don't get in it because you want to heal people and have that passion you should find another profession!

Trust me if you don't already know what I mean by this I hope you never have to experience what its like to be on the receiving end of medical care from someone who is there soley for a paycheck and doesn't give 2 #^&#^&#^&#^&s about your well being!

[Fly Rod]

Originally Posted by Jenn

Jim in CT- unfortunately I have had a few hospital stays in my life and trust me the last thing I want is to be cared for by some "C" average nurse that is only in the profession because someone told them that they could become a nurse and "Be set for life". The medical field is already has enough people in it "for the money" so to speak. I have a major beef with this. If you don't get in it because you want to heal people and have that passion you should find another profession!

Trust me if you don't already know what I mean by this I hope you never have to experience what its like to be on the receiving end of medical care from someone who is there soley for a paycheck and doesn't give 2 #^&#^&#^&#^&s about your well being!

So TRUE Jenn.

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by Jenn

Jim in CT- unfortunately I have had a few hospital stays in my life and trust me the last thing I want is to be cared for by some "C" average nurse that is only in the profession because someone told them that they could become a nurse and "Be set for life". The medical field is already has enough people in it "for the money" so to speak. I have a major beef with this. If you don't get in it because you want to heal people and have that passion you should find another profession!

Trust me if you don't already know what I mean by this I hope you never have to experience what its like to be on the receiving end of medical care from someone who is there soley for a paycheck and doesn't give 2 #^&#^&#^&#^&s about your well being!

The F and D average men and women end up in the military. And when they retire they end up in the senate
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[buckman]

Originally Posted by Nebe

The F and D average men and women end up in the military. And when they retire they end up in the senate
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Is that supposed to be funny ?
The last part maybe
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[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Nebe

The F and D average men and women end up in the military. And when they retire they end up in the senate
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The military is an outstanding option for folks who get Ds and Fs. Unfirtunately, most of those who get Fs don't go in the military, far more go on welfare.

The other issue is this, too many of those kids are getting Fs and Ds. Many of those kids could at least get Bs and Cs, if they had parents at home who gave a crap. That's the root of the problem, and it's irrefutably been exacerbated by liberal policies. If you give teenagers a financial and cultural incentive to have babies, guess what? More will have babies. And that's bad.

[Fishpart]

Originally Posted by Nebe

The F and D average men and women end up in the military. And when they retire they end up in the senate
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Navy..
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