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> most campaign workers were paid less than minimum wage This is something really strange. If you work for a campaign, it is very very very very different from
by temp8964 5y ago
> most campaign workers were paid less than minimum wage
This is something really strange. If you work for a campaign, it is very very very very different from working for the Mcdonal's. You work for a campaign because you support its ideology, and you want it to win. You are not trying to make a living by working for a campaign.
I would even say, you are not working for the campaign, you are working for yourself! It's like you are donating to the campaign with your own labor. The relationship between you and the campaign is mutually beneficial. The campaign gets help from you, and you get to use the campaign to fulfil your personal belief. There is no way for you to get the same kind of fulfilment by working in the Mcdonal's. The campaign provides you a platform to express your ideology, a network to find ideological friends.
So, no, you are not exploited by the campaign, nor is the campaign exploited by you. It is a voluntary exchange between you and the campaign for mutual benefits.
- ebiester 5y agoThere is a key difference between volunteers and campaign staff: Campaign staff are managers: they manage the volunteers and bring key competitive advantages to a campaign. Good campaign staff is the difference between winning and losing. Campaign staff can work 60-80 hours a week during the life of a campaign. This is an actual job.
- oneplane 5y agoSo you'll pay for your house, food, and other living requirements with what then? Every time someone tries to make a case for paying people not enough to survive they just seem to forget that externalities exist...
- temp8964 5y agoIf you want to make more money, why don't you go work for the Mcdonal's then? Oh no. I don't like to work for the Mcdonal's! I hate the job! I want to work for the campaign and it must pay me the same! It's a win-win for me!
- sellyme 5y ago> I want to work for the campaign and it must pay me the same! Yes. That's rather the point of the concept of minimum wage.
- vorpalhex 5y agoA major part of American politics is that the non-wealthy can participate. This means we need to pay people like campaign workers enough to live so they don't need to be independently wealthy. This doesn't extend to every person. There are volunteers who just seek donations and such.
- sellyme 5y ago> I would even say, you are not working for the campaign, you are working for yourself! And you would be wrong.