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If workers didn’t accept those wages they would be destitute. Companies (capital) hold all of the power in our current economic system, it hasn’t always been li
by moorhosj 8y ago
If workers didn’t accept those wages they would be destitute. Companies (capital) hold all of the power in our current economic system, it hasn’t always been like this in the US and isn’t in many other countries.
- x0AC77B2 8y agoIf I could only find work at $8/hr that is my fault. I could get a student loan and go to a trade school or study CS and make $80k+ in 3 years. Any adult that requires to care for a family and chooses to work for $8/hr is harming themselves.
- moorhosj 8y agoUnless you already have a family to care for, or can't afford to stop working for 3 years to take classes, or can't afford health insurance, or any of a million other reasons that life may not be as simple as you make it out. If everyone joined the trades, the supply of trade workers would increase and their hourly wages would go down.