Congresswoman Katie Porter grills billionaire CEO over pay disparity at JP Morgan

California Democratic congresswoman Katie Porter spelled out to JP Morgan's CEO, Jamie Dimon, the real-world implications of the low wages his bank pays its junior employees at a senate hearing on Wednesday. After running Dimon through the numbers, Porter found that a single mother on the bank's starting salary for a teller would be $567 in the red at the end of each month. Asked how a woman in that situation could get by, Dimon said, 'I don't know'
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[@mackmaloney3776]

As soon as he walked out of the room, he stopped thinking about it

[@AngelCintiaRockgirl]

With 31 million made last year, who would??

[@reforest4fertility]

Cintia The point Katie made here is Dimondback 🐍 can afford not just to think, but can act. According to Ms. Porter he can afford the needed increment for all his workers across America and still make millions.

[@gregall2178]

I'd venture to guess he stopped thinking about it as soon as he turned off his mic.

[@j_misinterpreted_relephant7661]

Ppl with to much power have less empathy neurons so you are probably correct.

[@williambrockmeyer7590]

You don't get a tan like that from not being on the golf course with the boys.

[@Amtm-1]

Legend has it he’s still thinking about it

[@roshill2010]

It's not his fault that she had a child with an incompetent man who can't support his child's needs. Get with the program.

[@commercialcommunication9298]

He is NOT thinking about it. He does not spend one minute thinking about the people he uses. For him, they are just tools to be exploited. He even is annoyed he has to spend any money on labor, I have no doubt he would enslave people if it were legal.

[@one4theroad15]

@@roshill2010 I totally agree......

[@AprilMxer]

Simple, it's not his problem. Get a better job ! This is an entry level position, if you've got a child by then that's your poor decision, your choice, your problem. No boss is responsible for their employees bad personal decisions.

[@chazzz284]

Ahaaa Banthaaah! Original and fresh, cookie for you!!!!

[@jeromeschwartz3699]

“She may have my job one day.” Well, her rent is due at the end of the month. How does his comment about her having his job one day solve the woman’s immediate need?

[@lucafalzea950]

Yeah, I am also sure he was in her same situation before becoming CEO. 🙄

[@Prawduk730]

That’s the lie they sell to ordinary people if they work hard they may get a spot at the throne. There are things which we value other than a spot at the throne like job security, housing, health, family etc...

[@onurkutlu6680]

Where is the dad ?

[@jeromeschwartz3699]

@@lucafalzea950 Oh I know, right?

[@stephanie1543]

Yeah, too bad that she's not a privileged white male like Jamie Dimon. He could have said "Wow, I wasn't aware of this. Let's meet after the hearing to talk about how to fix this problem. We need to make sure that all our workers are paid a fair living wage." Instead, he said that he didn't know and would have to think about it. Why don't you try offering her some of your $31M salary?!?

[@sarahtaylor2408]

Well at one of his banks they replaced all the tellers with ATMs. So I guess he solved the problem by not making it his problem.

[@beansandcornbread]

That pea brain of yours. It’s something.

[@musiclover9361]

@0000 0000: "Instead of targeting the rich. You should have targeted humans rights to work, over machines. 🤔 Dumb democrats." Machines make the rich richer. Dumb Republicans.

[@karlalan3806]

@@musiclover9361 we are not the ones complaining about wealth disparities.

[@musiclover9361]

@@karlalan3806, fascinating that you say 'we', as if you're one of the rich, who by definition couldn't care less about income disparity.

[@karlalan3806]

@@musiclover9361 man, you comment as if we know each other? What if I told you I own 3 rental properties and I have more 100k . I guess it doesn't make me richer than 99% of the population. Anyways, you are not my responsibility.

[@aiwritesmusic]

I'm from 2039. He's still thinking about it.

[@daxmiller35]

If you're from 2039, this asshat is most likely dead. ....oh yeah, and the Amazon is probably gone.

[@PresidentialnurseFuturenurse]

He was still thinking about it when he died.

[@professionalcommenter5]

Jamie Dimon is the man. He is not thinking about this. Trust me

[@greenbird183]

😄😄😄😄

[@franciscovidabajasur1900]

Nope, he's dead by that time

[@albertvaldez214]

The cost of living is sickening.

[@giedrius2149]

wait until you hear how expensive it is to die

[@randdom1622]

The cost of living is a death sentence

[@johnczerepak9704]

Not if you are making 31 million a year.

[@jordi2146]

Not if you live anywhere but nyc or cali lol

[@jordijimenez2634]

Cost of living in California *

[@BronzeEleven]

A bank CEO saying "she may have my job one day" in response to hearing about one of his employees living in poverty is the most absolute, triple distilled, purified encapsulation of capitalism I've ever seen or heard. Hemingway couldn't have written it better.

[@6254KLR]

My uncle did it. Started as a teller and worked up to become Bank President and serving on the Kansas board of Banking.

[@greatorder]

Ignores the reality that there's only so many CEO jobs going, too. Not everyone can be a CEO. People *have* to fill the other jobs.

[@susanheinz5804]

@@6254KLR That NEVER would’ve happened if he were a woman! And being a man, he automatically got paid much more than a woman! Women STILL haven’t caught up!

[@OtherDAS]

@@susanheinz5804 Probably related to the fact that this is her FIRST job. Kid is six... why didn't she get a job sooner? And where is the Father?

[@carlosm8805]

i did. As an immigrant, started as an employee with minimum wage and now I own the company (IT Firm) People should appreciate America, rather than complain.

[@IIIIALBYIIII]

Wife: can you do the dishes. Jamie Dimon: I dont know got think about it.

[@jackstape598]

Imagine having to pay $1600 a month for a one bedroom apartment. California bro💀

[@PetraMorris147]

Jack Weiser Imagine having to pay $1800 (average) for a decent studio in San Diego. 💀

[@embedded_software]

What's funny is $1600 is actually a very enticing deal lol. I used to pay a lot more than that for my one bedroom apartment.

[@jackstape598]

Eva I live in a nice apartment for way less in Michigan 💀

[@ProducedByAGO]

Imagine paying $2000 a month for a studio in NYC. Oh wait...I do =\

[@natebly2188]

I pay $2050 for a one bedroom apartment in California lol feels bad man

[@Gamumee]

I am from the future. Before his death, he has been asked- "Are you happy with the way you have lived your life". His very last words were- "I don't know, I have to think about it"

[@jaypatel25]

I was looking for this comment 😂👌

[@toxichammertoe8696]

😂😂😂

[@AshtonColby]

I just spit on my screen 📺

[@MrMojo23100]

I love how the most basic solution of raising her salary never even entered his mind.

[@L3th4LQu4rK]

Why should he raise her salary when it was determined by the market? If she feels that she is not earning enough, she can quit and find another job. It’s not like all the companies are colliding to keeping her wage down...

[@user-ry7xh7fj5v]

@@L3th4LQu4rK except they literally are

[@dedmemes5268]

@K B how is she gonna afford college when she falls $576 short of surviving

[@dedmemes5268]

@K B ok, how can you plan to go to college if you're $576 short on covering basic necessities

[@dedmemes5268]

@K B She's still in the red even if she lives alone though. $1700 rent/utilities, $400 car expenses, $400 food budget and a $40 phone leave her $115 in debt. If you include health insurance that's $199 a month with a government subsidy which leaves her $314 in debt. According to award-winning financial planner Pete Dunn you're supposed to pay 5% of your monthly budget towards clothing or around $121 which now leaves her $435 in debt. It isn't possible for her to pay for college if this is how she has to live regardless of whether she has children or not.

[@navaryn2938]

she should've snapped and said "you are the CEO of JP Morgan, is there something that you actually know?"

[@OtherDAS]

How not to have a kid with not being married. How to get a job that pays 30 million.

[@flavio7180]

He knows how to make money instead of moaning.

[@RedPillGrimReaper]

That’s great, get emotional. Clearly that’s a highly effective solution to a problem.

[@jmd1743]

@@OtherDAS A ditch digging father use to support a family of 6 on a single income., you're telling me that a single parents shouldn't be able to afford a single child on a banker's income?

[@OtherDAS]

@@jmd1743 Ditch diggers had a hard time supporting themselves. They lived in an efficiency, not support a family of 8. If you are on a banker's income and can't afford a single child you have a serious spending problem you should work on.

[@kjam87gxp]

My wife just asked what I want to do for dinner " I don't know I have to think about it."

[@54tisfaction]

He was about to say "Get a husband?", but then he remembered it isn't the 1950s anymore...

[@coryCuc]

Well, where is the husband in this equation? And she'll get the taxes she paid back at the end of the year. She'll also get free child care tax credit as well. Her first problem is not being married. Second problem is living in California. Gazillions of people are single parents with one, two, or three kids making it. They're not looking to big daddy government to fix their problems. They fix it themselves.

[@samarthalinegwesinie1136]

Cory in a modern day not every person wants a husband no one should have to rely on another person to make ends meet like that unless it’s a job

[@coryCuc]

@@samarthalinegwesinie1136 no one is saying you have to have a husband. Here's an idea if you're having trouble making ends meet. Make more money. Problem solved.

[@VSader]

Id have said Tha.

[@samarthalinegwesinie1136]

Alex Rivas I think I’ve said this before, we can not create our own scenarios in order to justify the wrong here. The reality in America is most kids aren’t planned, there’s some laws now preventing some people from having abortions and some are underage and unable to get one without parental consent. Not many people opt for adoption because America has this weird backwards ideology that if you’re not for a child you shouldn’t have one but if you do you’re completely responsible for the child and shouldn’t put the burden on someone else. She had her kid and personally I think she’s doing the best she can for the situation and the job she has and the place she has to live. Yes she could move maybe that will fix the rent but the reality is in a lot of places the rent goes up at least 50-100 every year of living there. Sometimes it’s not the people it’s the corporations. That being said I appreciate your input and I hope we both learned something from each other. Have a great rest of your day

[@nicogs97]

He knows the answer he just doesn’t want to say it.

[@caroldj.jenkins1843]

What’s the answer

[@User-du7kf]

@@caroldj.jenkins1843 Why should he care for other person's life choices.

[@Davo5673]

@@caroldj.jenkins1843 pay his employee more money.

[@kevindepew8193]

Yea, the answer is that the woman should have made better decisions so she didn't get herself into the situation where she is trying to support a family in a very high cost of living area with an absolutely entry level job. But that answer wouldn't be politically correct, especially to socialist Porter.

[@shreygera1281]

@@kevindepew8193 you sir, take my upvote...

[@attackfive8659]

I wish we had more Congresswomen like this lady.

[@sonicgamer3839]

Vote democrats n be a single mother, no family values,, .... that's ganna solve the problem....just Don't come to taxes..... just don't.

[@PureAloha78]

She’s amazing

[@musiclover9361]

​@@sonicgamer3839learn how to employ ellipses, you simpleton troll.

[@notcurious]

She was taught at Harvard Law school by Elizabeth Warren!

[@oscarbadillo3844]

I was going to write a comment, but I'm still thinking about it

[@ktolwal]

i do know

[@masterdrstrangermasmas5427]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jesserichardson5880]

Does anything ever change as a result of these hearing? Or just a bunch of cheap talk?

[@dcocky1]

Jesse Richardson I always think about that

[@heru-deshet359]

Like listening to a young white version of Mad Maxine.

[@penache]

Laying the groundwork for raising tax on the rich.

[@ek7404]

Literally nothing changes. In one ear and out the other, it’s politics.

[@commercialcommunication9298]

Nothing changes. These are shows that democrats put on to get progressives to vote for them...but they are meaningless. Elizabeth Warren is one who puts on big shows, scolding banks for the cameras, but does nothing. In 2016, after some some showy performances, she supported the bankers democrat candidate, Hillary Clinton ( who was Wall Street's choice). The politicians are just putting on shows, nothing more, it's all manipulation. Absolutely Meaningless.

[@heyitz_rj]

It still leaves me dumbfounded that he has to “think about” how to help an employee struggling financially. Not one single thought came to his mind, at all. Just perfectly demonstrates how out of touch these people are from the rest of society. People that are this privileged and out of touch shouldn’t be making laws or involved in our government in any way whatsoever.

[@cassady7169]

What do you want him to do, pay her out of his own pocket? She is paid market value for her labor. She needs to get a better paying job if the one she has is not enough to sustain her massive food intake.

[@mattf2146]

Does it at all dumbfound you that this representative is herself stepping on her constituents? She repeatedly votes yes for further California state tax increases on her own constituents. Yet, the employers of her constituents are the problem...

[@cassady7169]

@@burntThread Why would that prevent her from getting a better job? Maybe if she ate less McDoubles, she wouldn’t be $500 in the red every month.

[@cassady7169]

@@burntThread I did but I could barely hear a word she was speaking with that triple whopper shoved in her mouth.

[@randompie6793]

@@burntThread worse thing is they're implying eating mcdoubles (fast food) is a luxury.

[@larrydangus204]

I don't know whether he's actually gonna think about it. I'll have to think about it.

[@jugemujugemugokonosurikire4735]

@shooter4hire shooter4hire I don't know I will have to think about it.

[@melissahuff765]

The cost of living is getting too High for the average person . Average rent in Washington state is $1600 for something decent but not nice. Gallon of milk without chemical is $6. Think about it. If people’s wages continue to be stagnant, and the cost of living continues to rise, there will be another recession.

[@a2thee270]

Couldnt be the ever increasing cost to operate a business, i.e taxes and such. You people love to spend others money. Tax tax tax is your answer to everything. Well enjoy your bed you made it. Lol

[@steveboo14]

What do things like Washington state and California have in common? Democrats running it. Your welcome.

[@ynmonroe]

Exactly. These commenters that see these questions as an attack clearly aren't paying attention. The gouges and inflation is happening nationally. It's not that people can't be paid more. It's that companies figured it out during the housing crash when people were desperate: if most companies make it the policy to underpay and overwork average employees, the top execs and shareholders get to keep increasing their net worth. All of the oversight is gone. Labor unions except for a few industries are a thing of the past, and there is no stopping the money train from the political side as long as we don't support Justice Democrats.

[@matthewzimmerman92]

Seems that the highest cost is also the most liberal states....

[@misslady5645]

They don’t care smh

[@andromedalasso]

It doesn’t matter who here can justify that “some people just make more than others”. If he went to every Ivy League school created AND has 30 years experience, there is still NO EXCUSE for a disparity that size between people working for the same company. Thank God for this woman shining that light. While no one speaks up, the greed festers in the dark. Dirty dirty business.

[@FastlaneProductions1]

Why not?

[@d_pratik1]

But if she has a child and the rent is expensive , how's that Dimon's fault. The pay disparity is there , she may have 3 more kids so what is the company supposed to do? Rent is California is insane , its important to bring the cost of living under control too.

[@gscarpa6]

Katie porter she’s a Lion when she’s on a roll she doesn’t miss one key point she does her homework well.

[@kevindepew8193]

She does bully people with her questions and she HATES if anyone going before Congress actually asks her a question.

[@OtherDAS]

She did miss some key points. 1) Where is the Father? 2) Kid is six, why is she only now getting a job? 3) Where are the Grandparents? 4) Why is she getting AVERAGE rent on well BELOW average pay? 5) Why has she not applied for Govt. assistance?

[@jjeverson2269]

Jamie Dimon to employees: “you need to stop working from home” Employees: “Idk I have to think about it”

[@andresbautista8920]

1600 dollars for a one bedroom apartment...

[@JohnLai]

Andrés Bautista I’m not surprised

[@andresbautista8920]

@@JohnLai I'm not surprised either, it just sucks.

[@LiquorMaster]

Welcome to Commiefornia

[@quazymoto9840]

Andrés Bautista that’s cheep

[@essel23fly]

Honestly. That’s why the middle class is leaving. Might as well make 2500 in Texas or Nevada than Irvine CA

[@tyleralehrer]

THIS is how you serve your constituents. I relate so hard to the economic context she spells out in reference to this real/fictitious employee; and Diamond has literally -500 answers. CEO lobbyists and PR teams bill god knows how much to prepare them before testifying, and she WIPED THE FLOOR with this worthless (

[@KnightGlint]

You do realize that if she was in any state other than California she would be positive.

[@jackmiddleton2080]

"Those are jobs people get out of high school." So people who graduate high school and get a job with you should be homeless?

[@GregoryTorres13]

No, but for a starter job, with no degree or experience required, that is not a bad wage. The problem isn't the pay, its the rent. And really, the assumption that somebody working in Irvine needs to live in Irvine makes no sense.

[@samarthalinegwesinie1136]

Gregory Torres she’s living where she can while working at his bank, that’s the job she has and she lives in California sis is playing a loooooww rent for California

[@gghs9162]

@@samarthalinegwesinie1136 I mean this is true, she's living where she can. However this is a problem with the housing market, not the bank, since is a starters job for people with no outstanding references or experience.

[@aaravjalan6019]

No, they need to live frugally and work hard to get promoted to a better paying job by proving their worth to their employers

[@Gregar900]

@@GregoryTorres13 How does this make any sense? Why would anyone accumulate cost and potential wear on depreciating assets like a car to commute to work on a low paying job? People do it for HIGH paying jobs to live in cheap places. This logic is flawed. Aside from the very real criticism of "it's the rent", the next big thing is the pay.

[@madmike8525]

She didn't grill him, she roasted him.

[@one4theroad15]

when a 1 bedroom apartment costs you that much a month..... why aren't local government pushing for more housing?.... this alone can help suppress cost by offering competitive choice. it's sounds like cost of living in California is too high.

[@JamesCraigWhoop]

Crowding in SoCal is the problem. Housing is always a shortage and it drives the costs way up.

[@one4theroad15]

@@JamesCraigWhoop why aren't the local government looking at housing schemes? It's not like there isn't space? That's mismanagement.

[@xims923]

Elysian fielder where I live in New Jersey a one bedroom cost starting around $1.4k but to have an apartment that’s pretty dang nice and modern it costs $1.6k. Hoping to move down south to where for that amount I can get a beautiful home.

[@one4theroad15]

@@xims923 That is just hideous!!!.... I can understand New York/ New Jersey costing that by virtue that they are city cities..... but California??? it strikes me that more social housing/land for housing should be made available?... open up the channels for developing.

[@gizmonovack]

You have to be successful to live in California

[@EVANA11RAHMAN1]

I dont understand everyone's point here! This is how that job pay is structured, this is how that job was being advertised and that employee took the offer agreeing on everything, then what's to cry for. How would JP morgan know she is single and has a child!!. If you want to avail all these facilities get a job in UN

[@OscarHernandez-bv3pr]

lol

[@user-gf7zx8xr6x]

Totally agree with u. It’s like u are sweeping the floor at his company and complain ur not making ends meet and tells ur boss ur laundry list. So stupid. Get a better job. Get two jobs then

[@kathyjones274]

Katie is awesome and California is very happy to have her.

[@abhipatil6409]

homeless woman: Jamie Dimon: I cannot help u sorry sis

[@realsrvbhtngr]

Help herself

[@matrixman8582]

@@dalekcybunger9717 Oh wait she's being taxed $5,000

[@Justinsalas2012]

I feel for this lady but it sounds like she has made some bad decisions in her life how is it his fault that this is her first job and therefore must take an entry level job

[@finnradoy1742]

Especially having a kid without a father

[@juanguerrero9128]

Well, we really don't know the full story but think of it as one of your family members that Murphy's law just happenes. She works at a bank so that looks like no criminal record for starters.

[@tolstoy8124]

@Klaudia Wolny Yet every single Government solution never targets the actual problem that is expensive prices. Instead liberal policies only add fuel to the fire. That is increase the wage infinitesimally. What you fail to realise is that, you are simply pawns for politicians like Bernie, Cortex so that they can keep their place in government by "fighting for the people". Not once trying to figure out the actual problem.

[@xavdest5481]

Right!? A 6 year old, and this is her first job!

[@xavdest5481]

@Klaudia Wolny who quantifies what bills those are? Should they pay for my mansion as a teller?

[@jessicalt4121]

We need more politicians like her!!! A living wage AND affordable housing AND healthcare are a start!! Greed in banking? Ha!! Banks can make a decent profit but not screw people over.

[@BartBorkosky]

Does she address the impact that laws and govt policies have on making the cost of living in California so outrageous?

[@milepost4846]

No. Katie would have to think about it.

[@tonyb7748]

He didn't ask her to have these shortfalls as an employee. She became an employee with a contracted wage.

[@sucharitbanerjee]

Absolutely. It's the mother fault not to be educated and smart enough to worth more. Buts let's ask is James contribution 31 mil/30 k = 1000 times that person to JPMC? It's the shareholder thinking next quarter going to be great by Jamie. We should have some sort of accountability by Jamie or have strong press to sue public opinion so folks start to say we pull out money from Chase if Jamie is the CEO

[@superourico5551]

Where's the father?

[@mrblob5413]

Probably off screwing a hooker somewhere

[@panama2468]

Why dont you ask him

[@joshpickles9022]

Dead. Now what?

[@joshuapeterson2694]

ITS HER FIRST JOB AND SHE HAS A 6 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER???WAS SHE NOT WORKING BEFORE SHE STARTED HER JOB AT THE BANK?

[@jozkomrkvicka604]

she's soooo lucky they accepted her. For fucks sake, if she survives this job, her promotion will net her 4-8 times her current salary, so she can either gtfo or stfu and work like any man in this industry

[@nandinhalds]

It makes me wonder what she was doing before. Well... we do not have the whole picture here. They took only small parts of the talk to make the bank look back. Come on.

[@beehall3268]

I was thinking the same thing.. Not to be rude but she has a 6-year-old kid and she finally got her first job.

[@judemcmahon]

I love her, wish she would come and ask those same questions to our bank executives in Australia...hell can we have her as our Prime Minister, at least she'll get things done for those who have suffered in the fires!

[@petermike1464]

Hello

[@MdSheraj]

If what she does (single mother) is not our problem, how she spends money is not our problem either.

[@harveywallbanger1738]

She never claimed it was.

[@chambersr1176]

So she made poor choices... and it's the company's fault?? People these days are all about gimme gimme gimme

[@ChaosZeus999]

It's not the responsibility of private business owners to facilitate the life of individuals.

[@Hawkman6788]

Well put! Thanks!

[@Steve98NYy12550]

I wouldn’t recommend a credit card or overdraft but I would recommend finding the child’s father and getting the $567 a month from him.

[@Camo54553]

What if he passed away? Does that mean she should take this greedy ceo's advice and work hard for practically free till she "becomes the ceo"? Wouldn't it be better if people like him are forced to pay their employees fairly?

[@proximity8981]

@@Camo54553 she should work 2 jobs then 😂

[@yagirlnee7415]

The father is deceased. Now what?

[@mec8351]

@@Camo54553 There is this little thing called survivors benefit from social security. Children who had a wage-earning parent (as long as they worked long enough to pay into the socialist scam of social security) that dies are entitled to a social security check mailed to the other parent or legal guardian until they are 18.

[@SuperBrendan3]

She was throwing shade at JP Morgan because it’s not only their premiss to make money off of putting people in debt but they can’t even pay their employees enough for the things she’s said here.

[@GoodTrace]

We love in a country where profits are more important than people.

[@Badohunter]

Sure. Jamie Dimon is responsible for every employees problem.

[@adlerzwei]

To be fair being a single parent on a starter salary is hard everywhere.

[@diggles27]

How about try not getting yourself pregnant without being married and or having an education/work experience

[@adlerzwei]

@@diggles27 that basically what I said. :D

[@jk.simply]

"Would you recommend giving your employees a raise?" "i don't know, i'd have to think about it"

[@typoded]

if andrew yang was president she'd be up $400

[@ahmadnoori4784]

typoded 😂😂😂😂😂

[@lbe]

Brilliant :)

[@matrixman8582]

So would her expenses

[@typoded]

@@matrixman8582 haha, no, ubi would not cause inflation because the money supply is still the same. it is just being moved around more. in fact it would stimulate the economy enough that prices might actually go down

[@matrixman8582]

@@typoded No because if she has 400$ then she would spend that money. That extra money she recieved didn't result from increased production in her part. Therefore, by using the dollar to consume without producing something of equal value, she creates excess velocity, since there is increased demand without a corresponding increase in supply, which drives prices up, not down. If you really want to help the lady, stop taxing her 5 grand a year and get rid of other central planning schemes that raise her cost of living.

[@robertihde6995]

1600 dollars a month for a 1 bedroom is crazy, she needs to leave.

[@kakabukkake0]

Average cost of an apartment like that in NJ. It's getting pathetic.

[@kcor4]

Exactly. This woman can load up her minivan and move to Indiana. She doesn't have to gain any additional skills. Her cost of living will decrease and real income will rise.

[@nofeephi]

Is this her first day in the apartment and job? How had she survived with that deficit this far? Live somewhere else.

[@robertihde6995]

@Awesome Andre Oh I agree on that front, I am just saying 1600 is ridiculous. Plus the longer she stays there the worse it is going to get. My family packed up and we were homeless for a little bit and lived in a trailer for years. Pick up a loan or a second job and escape before it ruins her life completely forever waiting for a system to change that can take years.

[@kcor4]

@Awesome Andre By your logic (net negative income), she shouldn't even be able to live right now. What Jamie Dimon makes has no bearing on her circumstances. She could move in with a friend or live in her van for a while to save money if moving funds are necessary. The bottom line is, people are responsible for themselves. She's made bad decisions with her life. Now she's got to make some tough ones before it gets better.

[@preachermike]

The answer is "Not my problem!"

[@evankemp9434]

It's not, she shouldve gotten a decent as job. As he put it, those are jobs intended for people coming out of highschool. Not my fualt she made poor life choices.

[@abhipatil6409]

@@evankemp9434 "people without education don't deserve a LIVING wage." stupidest argument ever

[@theaveragejoe6854]

@@abhipatil6409 straw man

[@Asama47815673]

@@abhipatil6409 Stop grasping at straws. You are perfectly able to survive on a minimum wage, if you are dumb enough to subtract income from your costs, instead of the other way around, you deserve to suffer a deficit. If you are too incompetent to develop a service to the markets of a capitalist society, why should you be paid more than the minimum wage? Your competence is nothing but average, thus you get paid average. Want to be paid more than average? Develop skills and competence that are above average.

[@cayxl5]

Interesting he couldn't come to the conclusion that he should pay her more money or give her a decent salary. But I suppose it's difficult for a CEO who makes 29 million a year to THINK of a decent solution that includes giving a damn about their employees.

[@cayxl5]

@@er33990 A decent salary is not a hand out. It's having some consideration for the people who made it possible for him to make 29 million.

[@cayxl5]

@@er33990 If you work for something it's not free

[@SonofSamClemens]

@@cayxl5 Im starting a lemonade stand. $75 a cup to support my needs and poor decisions.

[@joaocampelosferreira6748]

As an european, I cringe when I hear these prices. 40 dollars for a cell phone? 200 dollars for the lowest food budget? With 200 euros I have food for the entire month, for two people, with everything I want.

[@Walterrinho]

The cost of living in California is too high and pay is low, this may be the reason for many people to move out to other states.

[@autumnn4736]

The cheapest rent where I live in California is $650 to $850 for one bed room. It's not even a nice apartment. For two bed room will be $900-1,000 and that's ok apartment. If u want a nice one will he 1,200- 1,800 for two bed room.

[@Marciesplash]

Wages haven’t kept up with inflation throughout the country. Federal minimum wage is at 7.25 and it’s been like that for 10 years.

[@VSader]

@Tom Smith exactly my point

[@SoberOKMoments]

And in Florida the single Mom can't move to somewhere cheaper to live because of father's visitation rights, whether he visits or not. I'm sure there are similar laws in other states.

[@annemosbergen3951]

CA COL is too high & Pay is low- so don't you think pay should reflect COL in their wage/salary pay scales? Or are 50 American States have same pay scale. So Not. People in Poor Southern States Are paid lower than in other states. BUT pay scales are pegged with the FEDERAL Minimum Wage. NOW, Many States & Cities are increasing their Minimum Wage ABOVE the Fed Min Wage. E.g., CA's Minimum wage is $25 or so an hour PLUS Health Benefits. I've seen photos of signs at fast food places listing a list of wages per hour - from managers to servers.

[@msiley]

It’s not the responsibility of a company to make sure everyone is happy. Notice how nobody talks about all the taxes and fees being extracted from federal, state, local, sales, and administrative levels of government. Maybe the women would have more money if the government didn’t treat people like serfs in terms of taxation.

[@daniella5425]

Yes it is. They are his workers, his responsibility. He makes millions of dollars every year, yet his workers are living paycheck by paycheck. Research the Heinz company and how they were the first company to give workers healthcare and benefits. With your logic it wasn’t his responsibility to do that.

[@alecrobinson7124]

This is late october, 2020, I bet he's still thinking about it.

[@circularisnotthis4316]

I’m praying for this woman’s victory. She is doing God’s work.

[@aviation11000]

Why is it JP Morgan's fault that she has a kid? The starting employee knew what the salary was when she signed up and they aren't forcing her to work there.

[@Peter-rt3fl]

Exactly. This is the way socialism works. Start by blaming someone else for your problems and your mistakes.

[@SD-RV]

Why does she question him like he works for the Government and should be helping people, if an entry level job doesn’t pay enough at the bank then move on, why are people so full of self entitlement!

[@Abcd-hr9ot]

Do u forget that d goverment bailed out all d banks

[@marcleuenberger8377]

I do agree with you. Banks are notorious across the world for having quite low entry salary and high job expectations (weekly hours,...). If you cannot afford a career start at a bank, then move on. There are other companies that pay more there entry staff compared to banks but less there more senior ones

[@Sage8981]

Sometimes choices are limited to where you can apply. For example, I can't drive and there's literally one place in walking distance.

[@matrixman8582]

Why is the govt taxing her 5 gs in the 1st place?

[@catchcourtcourt]

Why not let the employee keep more of her money instead of paying $500 a month in taxes? Why are there so many taxes on our utilities and cell phone bills? Why are we paying our representatives 174k? Seems like taxation is the problem.

[@nelsonkaiulo402]

The rental is so high. Its not the CEO's problem. What is the government doing about housing?

[@BhavinTolia]

J P Morgan is your employer, not your spouse.

[@KazHosh129]

Bhavin Tolia This congresswoman makes it seem like JP Morgan has to pay child support and alimony...

[@disguy6556]

And an employ should pay their workers enough to survive

[@hspratt3]

His answer should have been I don’t know but this employee your talking about is free to leave if she don’t like the pay. Mic drop.

[@mshanklin11]

Yup, she could quit the job she has secured and become a lazy welfare case instead of wanting to work and actually support herself and her daughter.

[@hspratt3]

Michele Shanklin your right because being a responsible mature adult and not blaming others for your problems is frowned upon now days.

[@juicysmollett1664]

You're not allowed to use common sense and reason....Are you suggesting that personal responsibility is important!?!?!? You racist facist!

[@hspratt3]

Sparky Anderson I am sorry. ☹️

[@CAsaidit]

Irvine is literally one of the best cities to live in the US. Not everyone can afford to live in Irvine and that’s just life. I currently live here but know that when it comes to purchasing a home someday it won’t be in Irvine because it’s just too expensive. She needs to face reality and move before her situation worsens. If anyone is responsible for providing her with more income, it’s the father of her child (as long as he has not passed and is able to work)

[@julie1630]

This is all over the nation. Seniors with social security cannot afford housing at all

[@LifeGQ]

"I don't know, I'd have to think about it"

[@eddiemil88]

How many kids should "liveable wage" account for? At what point do we stop looking at businesses and start looking at the personal responsibility of the individual? 2 kids? 3 kids?

[@ilovecodemonkeys]

You know American citizens are having less and less kids right? This is because they can’t afford kids. Nobody is saying let them do next to nothing and support your entire family It’s more like Billionaire guy why you have all and employees have nothing? Who did the filing so you made that extra bit of money?

[@CazConnerysCloud]

It takes two. The housing market is the real problem

[@Fritolay72]

Jožko Mrkvička She’s not working in IB... you need a degree for that. She’s most definitely a bank teller.

[@LSUtiger607]

I see. So the pay a person is to receive is a reflection on each individual’s expenses. What if she has another kid? Is she then due a raise? Should the bank interview all their employees and pay them according to each individual’s expenses? What great job did she quit that allowed her to be taken advantage of by this bank?

[@minhn1791]

LSUtiger607 Not sure why you find the need to judge, blame, and worsen the employees situation. The question from to Congresswoman to CEO of the largest banking firm is how to help balance/help a full time employee raise a child. She is asking his professional opinion on how to help one of his own employees. Common situation 30% of all children are raised by a single parent. The answer is you CAN NOT. His company pays nothing except the 31 million to the ceo. Area cost is too high. Living expense is too high. Basically that “FULL TIME JOB” is there to cost you money and time in hopes to advance to his CEO position and get 31 million.

[@LSUtiger607]

Minh N . It is not the responsibility of business owners to satisfy each employee’s finances. They offer a job at a specific pay. If single moms accept these offers then it must have been the best option for them. What about the 21 year old bank employee with few bills and living with her parents? Pay seems adequate for her. You haven’t answered my question: ‘are business owners required to pay commensurate to an employees bills?’ Which employees? The 21 year old? 60% of businesses fail in the first 10 years. Would you, an outsider to these transactions, a 3rd party observer, like to force higher labor costs on business owners and climb that number to 70, 80%?

[@minhn1791]

LSUtiger607 You expect a 21 year old to have a full time job and still live with her parents!? What a world. There you are judging again. I can’t answer your 3rd party question because I do own a business and I pay my employees well and make sure financial issues are not affecting their work. Employers should and many do compensate an employee’s bill. Why else do you work for a company? Have you ever heard of relocation reimbursement which includes breaking of leases, tuition assistance, healthcare, short term long term disability insurance, dependent care reimbursement, legal assistance, all there to help my employees save money for their life’s situations. Everyone full time gets the benefits even the receptionist. We only have a part time janitor at the moment but he still gets 50% of the benefits. I dropped the janitorial service we had because their janitors didn’t get anything. I don’t care if 99.9% of all businesses fail without the first 10 years. Businesses will always pop up. Pay average wages, you get average workers. And I have asked and received a higher pay due to my situation before and I give higher pay depending on each situation.

[@LSUtiger607]

Minh N. Well congratulations. Your business is doing well enough to pay those benefits. Moreover, I’m going to leave you alone to do whatever you want with your own company. You on the other hand, are interested in telling other business owners what to do with their own money. Are you suggesting economics is so simple to imply “pay employees anything and everything they want and your business will be successful!?” I’m going to keep asking. Which employees under which financial situations are to be the benchmark for employee compensations? If my bills total $10k a month are you suggesting I storm into the nearest McDonald’s and demand six figures to pay for all that? Are you so naive to think any business can survive on any labor cost?

[@minhn1791]

LSUtiger607 Why do you feel like you have to go to the extreme to try to sound right? Why don’t we all just get rid of the government rules and regulations and let companies rule the world like they did before. That way I can hire 7 year olds and pay them pennies and make them work 80 hours a week with no breaks. It is not the banks own money. There is federal government backing up these banks with tax payers dollars otherwise no one would deposit any money into their banks. These banks would not be at all successful without the government help yet they do not want to follow federal wage regulations. Matter fact the government even bailout JP Morgan with $12 billion with Jamie Dimon as CEO. We are not talking about giving people everything they want. We are talking about $600 a month to get this FULL TIME employee out of the red just for food shelter transport and childcare. Basic needs for her to go to work and you know stay alive. She needs a lot more than just that. While the CEO pays himself $31 million. The reason why I ignore those questions because they’re dumb and have no value. Where do you come up with all these dumb situations? A real person needs 3k minimum a month to raise her daughter. No debt, no luxury expenses. All of a sudden you’re talking about wanting 10k from McDonalds. Apparently I have to spell it out for you. Here are some situations where you should pay an employee more: high cost of living, that includes rent, food, utilities, cell phone, transportation, childcare, healthcare insurance. These are normal basic things people need. Average rent there is $1600 monthly and she gets $2425. That right there should be enough to tell you the job does not pay enough for a person to even rent a place in the same city. It’s a “job” that cost the employee money and time for a “chance” to become CEO and pay yourself $31 million

[@tavonmiller490]

bruv still thinking about it

[@user-uf7df6bq4t]

How about not having a child without a husband, or, having a job that any kid out of highschool can't do (that way, you will be paid more)? Or, just ask our congresswoman to cover up for your expenses, not some bank CEO that was "uncaring" enough to offer you a pay for which you agreed.

[@cameroncalzone8860]

i'm not defending anyone here but maybe living in expensive Southern California is part of the problem

[@nextleveljourney6612]

Cameron Butler - welp - What is JP Morgan to do? Move their headquarters out of the state? What a Next Level thing of you to say :) Of course that explains why California is experiencing a Mass Exodus: Money is Like Water: It finds and flows To its lowest point. (Which is a blessing AND a curse). Sigh 😔

[@sineadhunt9657]

yes living expenses have skyrocketed, wages have not kept up so either living expenses must come down or wages must go up

[@nextleveljourney6612]

PS Orange County- a REPUBLICAN/Conservative (Red in every electoral map since Reagan and onward) is where this city is: soooo... is that because of Republican/Fiscally-Conservative leadership? It’s a fair question: does calling yourself a F.C. - really equal anything besides an emotional set point?

[@nextleveljourney6612]

S.E. Hunt - Cameron Butler : What Next Level things - you both said :) Of course that explains why California is experiencing a Mass Exodus. Money is Like Water: It finds and flows To its lowest point. (Which is a blessing AND a curse). Sigh 😔 So: Move headquarters away from Such an expensive housing market, and out of such an expensive state! You’ll notice CA is experiencing a Mass Exodus- and Texas and Colorado are experiencing population growths thereof. (See my second paragraph)

[@Abcd-hr9ot]

Would u suggest everyone should keave southern calif

[@ChrissyBeTalking]

Wow! I don’t really have words. Did he really say she might have his job one day? Smh!! Raising her salary didn’t cross his mind? This is so disappointing. ☹️

[@chiranjiv1361]

How many salaries will he raise then

[@ChrissyBeTalking]

@@chiranjiv1361 I don't want to flex, but there are very few things I know well, but employee habits, salaries vs. budgets, basically HR topics, I can speak about confidently. If he set realistic profit margins, he could raise her salaries and many others. Further, if she wasn't at work worrying about bills, she'd probably be a more productive employee.

[@JulieRainyPDX]

​@@chiranjiv1361He could divide just one year of his bonus with all of his employees and elevate their well being. It would be painless for him and maybe he could reunite with his lost soul.

[@MrMelon247]

She wants him to raise salaries for jobs meant for highschool graduates just because a single mom might be working in that position?

[@5thdimensionliving727]

My goodness, she completely nailed him to the ground - the power of truth and nothing but the truth 🙏

[@sambogrub1]

Why does this woman in the example have to have an apartment that is 66% of her income? That's way to high, and she needs to learn how to budget.

[@EmsLdn]

It's an example of typical rent costs in the area outlined in the example. Living wages as opposed to minimum wages should take into account cost of living for people in areas where they want to have their businesses operating.

[@sambogrub1]

@@EmsLdn but why does she have to live in that area? We live in a neighboring smaller town to lower costs of living, so we can afford a house. Everyone has to make the choice of living close to work paying higher, or living farther away for less and commuting

[@phoenixkilledu6245]

@@sambogrub1 exactly right.... It is just flawed logic..... She does not need to live in Irvin. I get that some areas are expensive but hey, it is what it is. DO not be a single parent trying to start out on your own with no experience in one of the most expensive cities..... I wish libs remembered that there was once a time, when if you lived in a poor or to rich of an area with no opportunities for personal growth... you loaded a wagon and walked across the country and started new some where new.... Now, we are so lazy and complacent we expect everything at the tip of our hands and complain when we can get it... let alone have to earn it....

[@OtherDAS]

@@EmsLdn Typical so Average? But she doesn't make Average pay, so she should live in cheaper housing.

[@troygoogler]

She meant that Employers should pay their employees as per their financial requirements. 🙄 Wait a minute where you said you are from?

[@ludo5475]

Or maybe she just meant that anybody deserves a fair minimum revenue from one's work.

[@stanzavik]

@@ludo5475 What is a fair amount?

[@PLT4MR]

Stanzavik a fair amount is a living wage. Calculated to meet the absolute bare minimum needed to survive. If youre working full time u deserve to make the bare minimum needed to survive.

[@stanzavik]

@@PLT4MR Who defines what = survival?

[@ludo5475]

@@stanzavik I would say it is well above 7,25/hour ... And well below 30,000k/year

[@manuelavinci3552]

You are absolutely fantastic! I am battling as well, and you are inspiring me, Katie!

[@urma1409]

So just because she has a kid and is a single mom she should get paid more ? It’s not the CEO’s fault that this person is uneducated and has a kid If she wanted a better career she should’ve thought twice about having a kid and only getting a basic education

[@pektowanderlust]

I blame the California government for taxing their citizens to much

[@tnwar330]

🙄😒 New York is taxed even more, the point is billionaires are hoarding the money instead of paying fair wages smdh

[@davidroitblat4732]

If the bank is not paying their employees enough, the employee should find another job, but you can't force business owners to pay more because that employee has a child. Employers pay for the worth of your job and not based on the need of your personal budget.

[@kunaljha7165]

She is specifically targeting disparity... and not low reimbursements. Considering well the stature of the bank.

[@thedemonhater7748]

David Roitblat I completely agree. A worker should be payed based on the worth of their job. But how the hell can any single job be worth THIRTY ONE MILLION DOLLARS. He makes that once a year. That’s more than most people will ever make in their entire lives. If you cut that down, that woman makes in a month what takes him half an hour to get. Ofcourse he should be payed more, he’s a CEO, the head of a company. He’s far more important than a random single mom in an apartment somewhere. But how the hell can it be justified that that single mother is making enough money to equal around 2.5 years of work, in comparison to what that CEO makes in a month. And I’d assume you aren’t a CEO yourself, so I have to ask. Why do you support that?

[@karansena]

We all have these problem

[@MushroomMario12]

Thedemonhater How much money is the mother bringing in to the company versus the CEO?

[@davidroitblat4732]

@@thedemonhater7748 it's worth 30 million if he profits for the shareholders in total that much more, otherwise, the shareholders wouldn't have ever agreed to allow the CEO to earn that much. If I found a CEO that can bring my company to a billion dollar annual profit, you bet I'll be happy to pay that CEO a 100 million salary. You get the point.

[@stevied8855]

This is a disgrace. What a vile, greedy and Out Of Touch Executive that is. Absolute Disgrace, and he should be ashamed.

[@Sendme432]

Katie Porter for Senate

[@squadalahhh]

It's funny how nobody addresses the real issue. Implementing a minimum wage without a maximum wage is programmed to fail. No one human being is righteous enough or deserving enough to stockpile such an obscene quantity of resources for no good reason other than buying a second yacht or a fifth vacation home. What a joke of an economy.

[@hamnchee]

Real people build yachts and big homes. Do you want to eliminate those jobs?

[@squadalahhh]

@@hamnchee The products of their labor inspire greed and facilitate the impoverishment of the many. It doesn't matter what I want or what you want. People are free to make what they like, but automation will indeed replace their jobs in time anyways so I'm not sure what the point in asking your question is.

[@hamnchee]

Everything you have inspires greed. A vegetable garden inspires greed. Do you have more than a vegetable garden? What's the point of the automation comment? Is it better to have more affordable yachts, or worse?

[@squadalahhh]

@@hamnchee I highly doubt you'll be able to convince anyone that my cat or the food that I feed it inspires greed. You can no longer be taken seriously. Have a good *yawn* day.

[@hamnchee]

@@squadalahhh Ignore human nature at your own risk.

[@mattsbaseballcardbreaks5952]

It's a starter job. What is the goal? Pay starter positions exorbitant salaries? Ridiculous.

[@UNRELATIVE]

I wonder why the woman had a child before she was financially able to support it?

[@starstriker5329]

Says the same country who makes contraception expensive and the fact that she was already in the red before taking childcare into consideration.

[@starstriker5329]

Taking into the why if the argument is callous as it could be a multitude of situations that could have left this woman with a child.

[@RD-ht6go]

I'm staggered that someone from US Congress can actually do math! 😝

[@jackiebrookman9910]

Not staggering. Ms. Porter is doing her job and doing it well....as it should be!

[@masterdrstrangermasmas5427]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@matrixman8582]

If she could she would've pointed out how much she's being taxed

[@davidtumm]

@@matrixman8582 Yeah maybe just lower her taxes. That's how that budget shortfall could be fixed!

[@matrixman8582]

@@davidtumm She's being taxed 5 grand a year. She would be able to pay her rent if it were eliminated. The Congresswoman conveniently tried to ignore that knowing that people like her are resonsible for such blalant robbery.

[@KateSpadeAddict]

Sounds like she needs to find a better job.

[@jasmany19]

Samantha J you’re clearly living in another reality. Must be nice.

[@JamesCraigWhoop]

@@jasmany19 People get an education and upgrade their employment all the time. Or they move to more affordable areas than Orange County California.

[@connormadeley7979]

@@jasmany19 You're a sore loser. Must be horrible...

[@molinj.710]

James Craig since the single mother has *so much* free time, it’s of course easy for her to achieve a higher education. This is what we mean with different reality.

[@surajprasad1264]

@@molinj.710 y hav a baby in the first place then?.. if dont hav enough money to take care of the kid then y giv birth to him?

[@YummyFood454]

I think this is an unfair question for him. He’s running a business how he’s allowed. He can’t think for others how to better their salary.

[@Eusantdac]

Pay them more. You can't just blame your life on orders others give You. He can take on the board of directors, he can resign, he can go public with information regarding how much he makes and others of his rank make, etc. No more excuses for banksters.

[@NunyaBizzzzz]

It's unfair when they are pocketing and taking advantage of their workers. When they clearly have money.

[@jorgegomez524]

are you serious? Ford was way more capitalist that this bankster will ever dream off. and that was a question he did think about.

[@surajprasad1264]

@@NunyaBizzzzz bro then leave the job and join another company.. nobody is forcing them to work at lower pay

[@highlikejordan1818]

Lol lol what?? Think about that. That's his whole job. Hes the top dog not paying fair and you work for him your whole life save up buy a business, now you gonna pay your employees fair??? Nope you gonna be just like the guy that brought you up. So change now build a fair system where people are paid fair and make the change. You ever seen a billion dollarsSSSS?? Lol that's a lot of money in one man's hand

[@joekainehasbigballz]

It's not the employer's concern. The employee accepts the job knowing what the pay is... either live within your means or don't. That's the employee's decision to make.

[@alexbrumback8308]

Lol JPMorgan has a company wide $15/hr minimum pay...this lady’s anger, while legitimate, is misguided. Maybe the issue is that a 1-bedroom apartment costs $1600...

[@likeelijah7136]

For real the cost of living in some places is a crime.

[@pickyourbrainswithbenjamin761]

Yeah califonria living isnt cheap

[@Jadd612]

She glossed right over the $1600/m 1 bedroom apartment - does this congresswoman have stakes in rental properties?

[@TheBaddestBihh]

great job missing the point

[@Jadd612]

@@TheBaddestBihh so if they raise minimum wage the banks will just jack up rents to $2000 a month? Sounds like you are the one missing the point.

[@MekareP]

@@Jadd612 Banks don't sent rent prices...lol

[@one4theroad15]

@@MekareP Well, they kind of do.... if all the banks and businesses put up wages.... inflationary forces inflate the cost of goods and services through the forces of supply and demand.... it's all relative!!!

[@one4theroad15]

@@MekareP she needs to find cheaper accommodation...... that's the long and short of it.....

[@joewright9879]

Let me get this straight. It is now incumbent on the ceo of a bank to make sure that an entry level worker has enough money to take care of them self and their child? I don’t understand what has happened to the thinking of many people today. Since when are companies responsible for the personal business of its employees?

[@koala9979]

The law has already made the determination employers are responsible for the well-being of their employees outside of work via the existence of minimum wage laws in the first place and employers being required to provide health insurance (which is about as personal as it gets). Now we’re just negotiating.

[@joewright9879]

CEO Dimon is most likely an out of touch elitist, I don’t know anything about the guy, but Ms. Porter excellently portrays herself as sanctimonious and self-righteous. While she may sincerely care for the entry level mom in question, she definitely has a mile wide streak of envy for people, like Dimon, who live a life she believes needs to be sliced up and shared with others. The next American revolution might well resemble the bloody nightmare that France visited upon itself in the late 18th century. History is replete with warnings about being careful what you ask for. And of whom.

[@StrokeBoy]

@@joewright9879 I would like Porter to take the Woman as an aid and give Her a "Living Wage." She could donate half Her income.

[@kaliphs22]

​@@joewright9879is

[@anthonyraleigh8184]

Congresswoman Katie Porter is already, if not always has been, a National Treasure

[@oedihamijok6504]

*The bank literally bought dislike bots for this video*

[@yoyu2567]

No a lot of people just saw that what she was doing was useless and with no meaning The women in that situation has accepted said job with said pay so it isnt his fault that she had a child that type of job isn't ment to support a family

[@jewishcapitalist4981]

I'm not a bot

[@obeb787]

1st job with a 6yr old daughter!?? I think someone made bad decisions! Its not that guys fault.

[@fartzinacan]

Perhaps the fictional, but realistic, mother is a widow and hasn't had a need to work until now? Or any other plausible possiblity that could put a single mother, or father, into this same situation. The only poor decision here is not thinking critically and logically before posting a comment.

[@obeb787]

@@jicani im no but licker at all but you want to do good in life? Make good decisions, earn it, dont expect to make much money with the skill set a kid out of highschool has! Its basic offer and demand!

[@fredrickjsimpson]

Genuinely feel for that woman and her child. But I don’t see why it’s his problem?

[@Montfortracing]

Solidarity

[@jorgenates3576]

@@Montfortracing still not his problem

[@Montfortracing]

@@jorgenates3576 how much everyone gets paid is everyone's problem, from the poorest folk to the richest bloc. Human beings do not make up a community called humanity for nothing.

[@kimlee9917]

Montfortracing you can’t blame the poor on the wealthy? Honest question, what would you do if you made $500k a year? That’s more than the average family household needs. Does the poor become your problem? Keep in mind I’m from Canada and I pay through the roof in taxes and don’t mind it one bit. It Doesn’t mean that I need to solve the worlds problems If i continue to work hard and make more money. I’m just saying there is a happy balance. I wouldn’t blame McDonald’s for paying minimum wage for the lady used in this example. I’d don’t think it becomes the franchise owners problem. That said, I do appreciate this debate and different views.

[@Montfortracing]

@@kimlee9917 honestly if I made $500K per year I wouldn't be interested in buying a mansion. I used to have a very good engineering job and I didn't even buy an Infinity or Lexus car. I just look at money differently from others. But also I wasn't really interested in either one, although I wouldn't have mind buying a BMW. Also, no one is asking you to solve the world's problems; as the saying goes "think globally, act locally." But paying people a just wage is McDonald's problem because that's how much people need to make in order to pay the bare minimum to live off of and live as human beings. It just requires companies to change their perspective on what money really is. When all is said and done, the greatest companies will not be judged first and foremost by how much wealth they created or how much profits they made, but by how much they treated their workers. I know it sounds very contrarian in our capitalist system since we're so used to it, and we're unfamiliar to other economic systems and thoughts, but from an objective standpoint wealth creation and profits is secondary to how workers are treated.

[@namontn]

As a liberal...I feel like we need to put as much pressure on corporations and the IRS as we have on cancelling Aunt Jemima and tearing down statues...this is way more important. I feel like we took our eye off the ball.

[@sampanbansal2001]

I fail to see why most people in comments section are proud of this woman, she is blaming the CEO for a woman being unqualified. It is not his job to give handouts , it was the women's decision to have a 6yr old child at such a young age not the CEOs. If she's so against this maybe instead of grilling the CEO she should protest for increase in minimum wages

[@maximum-oversaiyan]

jamie dimon v. all his non-executive employees, ffa cage match, pay-per-view all proceeds go to the families in question i'll put money down on this

[@praharshbhatt2934]

Nobody: Mr Billionaire: I don't know

[@THomasJefferRson]

Bank telling jobs are for highschool/college students not single mothers!!!! Make better choices!

[@jerrydemianczuk6468]

Dear Miss Porter did you ever think that maybe because she lives in over taxed and over priced California, that might be the problem! Other parts of the country 2400 a month is considered enough to live on!