I live in a large city with a very low cost of living, median per capita income about $30K. Fast food restaurants are offering starting wages of $15-18/hr (med

I live in a large city with a very low cost of living, median per capita income about $30K. Fast food restaurants are offering starting wages of $15-18/hr (median to above), healthcare, tuition assistance, etc. and can't find people to work. The combination of inflated expectations of their value, government handouts, and being "too good" to work some jobs is the problem. It's not worker exploitation. That's pure Marxist BS. I came from a struggling blue collar household in the Midwest and worked from the time I was 15. Some of the jobs were terrible, long hours, dirty work, etc. But eventually I got to where I wanted to be and subsequently retired comfortably. The bottom line is people need to quit making excuses and whining about their exploitation and apply themselves. Work hard, finish school, learn something useful - gender studies et al aren't, and build a life. You are responsible for your own fate - not anyone else and not the government.