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> Manufacturing jobs are non-skilled and don't deserve anything over minimum wage! Why is that a lie? If literally anyone can do the job and the potential supp
by malvosenior 9y ago
> Manufacturing jobs are non-skilled and don't deserve anything over minimum wage!
Why is that a lie? If literally anyone can do the job and the potential supply for that job includes nearly everyone in the labor market, why would we expect that role to pay more than the bare minimum? At the end of the day people get paid as much as it would cost to replace them.
- Sohcahtoa82 9y agoKeep in mind the context of another sentence earlier in my post: > A manufacturing job used to buy you a house, car, and help you raise your 2.5 children. Now, it barely gets you an apartment and a bus pass. The message was more about the lower buying power of a manufacturing job and minimum wage of today versus a few decades ago.
- malvosenior 9y agoThat a manufacturing job used to provide a middle class lifestyle was an anomaly based on the US being in an extraordinary position post two World Wars that devastated the rest of the globe and enriched this country. Globalization has normalized labor rates to what they’re really worth. The twentieth century consumerist lifestyle is definitely not sustainable when given to every living human on earth.