Fast Food Workers NOW SOME OF THE HIGHEST PAID PEOPLE IN THE U.S.

After the new minimum wage law went into affect April 1 in California there fast food workers are now some of the highest paid people in the US according to Market Watch. When you look at the cost of living in California, these people clearly do need to make more money, but even then it's still not enough to be able to easily afford housing. The problem is this minimum wage increase is already having a negative impact on the economy and will likely continue to down the road.
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[@Jamie-lb7eh]

Demo-crazy!

[@mangodiet801]

$20 then is not $20 now, someone making 30k in the 80s would be in six figures today. The fact is most of the working middle class is underpaid, wages kept same, but the price of goods and services have increased. Those complaining, should direct that energy at the CEOs (making millions), remember you are not part of the 1%, you've been brainwashed to think you are to defend these corporations.

[@jackjines3461]

This is one area I could care less about and live without. I hate fast food!!!

[@cmasters007]

I stopped eating out 8 months ago, And I don't miss it at all !

[@joseenoel8093]

Ha ha I'm with you, lots less shopping, dirty dishes! Hubby cooked sausages last night, nope 🙅🏻, not me eaten, he's on cholesterol med but I'm wise to who'se being poisoned, so I'm not eating, rather not than having to "stroke" it out later! 😊

[@garygary2029]

fast food is horrible

[@danettewelborn5577]

Good for you. Big whoop.

[@EGvids1]

Me too 😎

[@suzannederringer1607]

Buying a house is NOT the only thing that defines a successful or happy life. Of course nobody can buy a house on $20 Minimum Wage. Rising living costs are the real problem. But buying a house doesn't mean you're safe and secure. Frequently the opposite. Costs too much to maintain a house and moat costs aside from the actual Mortgage payment are not under your control.

[@nancym.5568]

Every job is important: grocery store clerks, fast food workers, janitors, executive and administrative assistants, accountants, teachers, lawyers, doctors, nurses, etc. Think about this...do you want to work somewhere without a janitor? Would you clean the toilet? All jobs are important and necessary and deserve decent pay.

[@PraveenSriram]

That is an excellent point. Thank you so much for your input. It is really appreciated 😊

[@briand2340]

@@PraveenSriram I agree. What about our gardeners and housekeepers? I gave mine a 20% increase without them asking. Be classy people and do the same.

[@grazz7865]

It’s not so much complaining that they’re getting a higher salary. God knows everyone needs a higher salary. It’s that they are getting bumped up while the rest of us are in limbo with the same salary. Let’s face facts. $20/hr is still WAY below the poverty level. You can’t make ends meet on $20/hr. To live comfortably in most shities now, you need to be making $250,000/yr. The days of daddy working to earn a living/support a family and mommy staying home to take care of the house and family are LONG over. Everyone has to have some kind of job just to make it month to month.

[@demonznhellcatz8502]

I've been saying this!!! I'm so happy that someone sees the importance in everyone's role here on Earth. It doesn't matter if your skill level is lower than the next person, you should still be paid to make a living! I preach about this on my KZbin channel when it comes to gig workers. We all have a role and each one of us make another one's life easier. Without someone doing the roles that are "less skilled", a lot of the world would not go round.

[@Justin7-oh3ec]

@@grazz7865Part of it, is that other places haven’t fought for it. Fast food workers have been striking for years now

[@Eric-ph4yw]

remember we were kids you were told if you dont do good in school and get a university degree you'll be flipping burgers the rest of your life.

[@user-ms3ko5gn8e]

Or a tradeschool. That route has no debt. You are actually paid to learn.

[@transformativeexperiences]

😂😂😂

[@divergentthg7925]

Yep I guess now that's why it's really popular to sing that song Tell Me lies tell me Sweet Little Lies😂

[@Aireck174]

This happened in Venezuela. The skilled workers started complaining they were making as much as the unskilled. Costs went up, the skilled workers became poor and the poor stayed poor.

[@charrua59]

Same thing in Uruguay. Wages get higher = every landlord or store raise prices. Now it's one of the most expensive country's in Latin America

[@michaelm4597]

Na, that was just greed. It’s a lot more complex than that

[@reddevilparatrooper]

@@michaelm4597 Try run your own business or company where your workers make more than you do?

[@nobodythenobody9779]

Socialism always kills society’s No one can even name 1 communist/socialist society that didn’t collapse after 50 years 😂

[@amraceway]

@@reddevilparatrooper Small business is dead.

[@user-xp8qz1cc8z]

another reason not to eat this crap.

[@1984Cece]

You have to eat, you can't live your whole life in privacy of eating.

[@stonesfan285]

Home cooked meals are cheaper, but groceries still ain't cheap. I mostly get canned soup, some meat and grow my own vegetables and I eat a lot of leftovers. You can save a lot of money and it's healthier too.

[@taasch2505]

I disagree. Robots are more efficient and cleaner and keep things to spec. Probably gonna be the best fast food burgers we've had on our lifetime. So maybe once in a while. Prices will likely go down after paying off initial costs

[@xbirdsofparadise]

Good, give them less work (the ones who aren't laid off). They hate serving rude ppl anyways.

[@stonesfan285]

@@taasch2505 gotta hire a mechanic to keep the robots operational. that’s what i would be learning.

[@delinquense]

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[@LittleMopeHead]

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[@user-df2mn5bx2q]

A lot of editing

[@jkmarshall3553]

One word: Editing

[@TwoPyramid]

He does have a gift for it.

[@fornos123]

I agree. He’s that good

[@ericpilger2217]

I'M A CA RESIDENT. Walked into Burger King tonight after a 12 hr shift from my job. They want 10 bucks for a whopper. I walked out... It's unfortunate. The reality of it is these fast food joints don't offer enough value. People don't want to pay 10 bucks for a dried up burger that only costs 50 cents to make.

[@Jamie-lb7eh]

You can cook better food at home. We cook our burgers at home.

[@hellsonly8908]

Well go buy from a local joint that offers better options. Oh wait I forgot chances are not that many are open because for decades burger king and others like that chain have been given tax breaks and credits that allowed them to dominate the food service industry which then allowed them to dictate wages the way Walmart and Amazon can dictate wages in retail.

[@user-vy7md5be6f]

I went to a Burger King and paid over $6 for a medium coke and a cheeseburger. It was half that many years ago. I went to DoorDash to order a dinner and I saw from one restaurant a filet mignon dinner for $45.

[@0U812FU]

Let's not forget the majority of these jobs were originally just supposed to be for teenagers and maybe those going to college.. They weren't supposed to be higher paying jobs. All this minimum wage is going to do is back fire.... Hours are going to be lost. Jobs are going to be cut and businesses are going to go out of business. Most importantly the governor of that state Who Let's not forget. Slept with his campaign manager's wife And of course no one talks about that. He shut down the state during covid and no state has seen more people migrate away in the last 4 years than California people want this guy to be president? God help us all!

[@user-ne7zi3ym3b]

When I go to McDonald's, good staff at the McDonald's that is 1 1/2 miles from my home, and they are used to seeing me as a "regular" customer, I tell them that I want a freshly cooked cheeseburger. I, too, don't want a dried up burger. I feel that I worked too hard, for my money, to be served a dried up burger that has been sitting on the grill, for how long? On the receipt, it states Well Done, and it is fresh, just the way I want it. (I don't eat at McDonald's very often.)

[@JayMoney411]

They need to lower the price of housing! It’s ridiculous out here! In California I’m paying $2200 for a single bedroom apartment

[@toddsparks7814]

$20 is not the $20 you remember so dearly from the past.

[@brn2863]

Yes, but a functional society rewards people for their skill set. People with better and higher skill sets should expect to and deserve to make a lot more than people without that. Otherwise why bother learning how to do anything skilled?

[@improvisedsurvival5967]

$20 was perfect in 2008

[@GothicSnowLeopard]

100 dollars as a child was seen as absolutely a lot, nowadays 10 feels like too much

[@picklikeapro6952]

It’s $12 compared to $20 4 years ago.

[@justinb198]

$20 is the new $10 as of today thanks to biden and the fed.....

[@TinCupChalice40]

My side hustle was going to be robbing banks but the average bank robbery only takes 3,000 dollars. NOTHING pays enough to live on anymore.

[@glennbeadshaw727]

3000 + 150 dollar dye pack

[@NightmareRex6]

rob the rothschild centeral reserve bank and if can get ALL of it will get 90 quadrillion then can pay off all nations debt and be ultra rich and feed and house eveyrone else in luxary and still be rich AF.

[@m.f.m.67]

I dunno, those guys in LA did pretty well. Supposedly got $30 million in cash from Dunbar Armored Storage. Not a bad days work.

[@devenrivera5842]

Do you have room for one more player in the lobby?

[@sssm1051]

@@m.f.m.67 That's just once in California history. May as well play the lottery your chances of hitting $30 million is much better.

[@amenicole2451]

I live in California and barely survive on $44 an hour. $20 still isn’t a livable wage here. Hearing people in other states cry outrage over $20 an hour is very telling. The fact they think that’s a lot of money. 😑

[@brentkinsworthy4999]

And why do you think there's such a huge difference between a living wage in other states?🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@whit6444]

Your state government did that

[@amenicole2451]

@@brentkinsworthy4999 I’m originally from Louisiana - a “cheap” state. You get what you pay for. California is more expensive, because the standard of living is higher. I’m the healthiest and most physically active I’ve ever been thanks to access to healthier foods and great weather for exercise. There are more opportunities here. I’m the happiest I’ve ever been in my life, despite the costs. It’s worth the high price. Like I said, you get what you pay for.

[@KayFabe87]

It’s not meant to be a livable wage. It’s an entry level, stepping stone job. Easily replaceable.

[@amenicole2451]

@@KayFabe87 Actually, it is meant to be a livable wage. The entire point of minimum wage’s creation under the New Deal is to be the minimum to live on.

[@BTC909]

My daughters former job @ DQ, once the prices were posted on the drive-thru board the place is dead. The employees are so bored they experiment with making various kinds of ice cream.

[@bidencrimefamilymottof-cky953]

They should be updating their resumes.

[@novadhd]

i paid like 40 bucks for a couple burgers and ice creams the other day. last time for that

[@BTC909]

@@bidencrimefamilymottof-cky953 My daughter was long gone from that 30 somethings high school click.

[@Mr.Helper.]

"Honey, i got a promotion today, we should go celebrate and splurg a bit" "How about McDonald's, or is that too expensive ?"

[@jefff8130]

😂😂😂

[@tommorningstar6373]

Bring your own cloth tablecloth, napkins and candles... ritzy!

[@user-jd2vz4my1w]

Honey, I just got laid off today, we should go to a food pantry and get canned beans and condensed milk.

[@m.f.m.67]

Sure, he says, my promotion IS working at McDonalds!

[@rbfarrell1]

So now a date at McDonalds is fancy. lol

[@JasonMcDonaldYT]

I was a Manager for 2 different McDonald's locations in Ontario Canada in the late 1990's,. Their policy was always to cut as much cost as possible by running on as few crew members as possible, having managers cover regular positions while running the store, and trying to automate and streamline as many tasks as possible. This notion that because of a higher minimum wage increase will cause them to just start doing this now is silly. Product cost was crazy low, it was under 10 cents for a fountain drink, 56 cents for a big mac, etc. A big problem is the franchise's refuse to lower franchise fee's for store owners, and product cost is higher for sure. But I can tell you, we would regularly do $2000 hours over lunch and dinner with limited crew, usually 3-4 and myself, and head office would always say, "how can we do better". I don't feel too bad for the corporations, it's the store owners that take the hit here. McDonalds has even admitted that they prefer to sell less at a higher cost to make more money, most fast food places seem to be following suit. We don't go to them much here, the value isn't there. As for the minimum wage, in my opinion, there will always be inflation, and prices continue to rise. We didn't have a minimum wage increase here for many years and low and behold, prices go up every year without fail. I appreciate and enjoy the content Micheal, I'm a Real Estate Broker in Canada and own other properties, lots of people are hurting here too because of the economy, it seems both our countries are on the same path now for affordability.

[@jimba6486]

You left out the cause of Canada's inflation. One man, and One party. Justin Trudope, and the liberal party of canada. In power since 2015. The man ran on deficit spending, and delivered what he promised. Spent more than any othee PMO in canadian history. The difference in America, is that our deficit spending is equally from both ruling parties. Not true Canada at all. The conservatives in your country have an actual track record of balanced budgets. Everything I stated here was an objective measurable monetary fact. My opinion of the PM of Canada is that he is a dope but the rest were recorded figures in history. Nothing to guess about Canada's self inflicted harm since 2015.

[@JasonMcDonaldYT]

@@jimba6486 Inflation is worldwide...of course the leaders have a part in all of it. On the contrary, most of our debt from previous Prime Ministers were from Mr Mulroney and Mr Harper, followed by Mr Trudeau Senior. And while I do agree that our current PM Trudeau has added more to the debt than all the other PM's, our conservative PM's absolutely do not have a track record of balancing the budget. The only PMs in Canada that ran a balanced budget/surplus over their full term were PM Chretien and Martin. And it was basically a break even. Every PM has added a substantial amount to our debt other than Chretien and Martin. And before you accuse me of being a Liberal or whatever, I'm not, I voted for PM Harper as well as Mr O'toole in our last election. I'm just not blinded to the reality of our government spending. I'm not sure where you got your information that Conservative governments are more fiscally responsible, it's easy to find out how much each PM added to the national debt.

[@jimba6486]

@@JasonMcDonaldYT no sir that is not how inflation works. You are confusing the stupidity of every government in the world with the candian government. I have old dictionarys from the late 1800s and early 1900s. Inflation has always been defined as an increase in the money supply. Canada's inflation is self inflicted harm. Your central bank ruined your people's purchasing power. Granted, every government in the world has made that mistake. But none of those countries are responsible for the inflation in Canada, your citizens did that to themselves. There is no sharing in the blame here on inflation because it is impossible for anyone other than the central bank of canada to diminish your purchasing power.

[@TheRedPersian]

It’s honestly a global crisis perpetuated by greed.

[@dylansmith6078]

Canada's min wage has went up $4 over the past 3 years it dosn't solve the issue we have people that build houses who can't afford the houses they build. And now can't afford food. We need to stop the carbon tax it is punishment to everyone that dosn't have the infrastructure which is the entire country

[@babybundon]

Twenty dollars an hour won't pay any rent in California. I needed to work overtime was tired all the time to pay half the rent. I moved out of state. Guess what I'm still poor and now I make 17.00 an hour and take home the same pay almost.

[@sentimentaltech3537]

My theory is they’re trying to erode capitalism to the point where there isn’t anymore competition for the big companies. I’m picturing breadlines.

[@hellsonly8908]

Yea the big companies want to pay workers the lowest amount they can. That is how they operae and have always operated

[@user-vy7md5be6f]

I imagine sanctuary districts, where large numbers of people are housed in remote areas.

[@nordos]

to be fair, that isn't 'eroded' capitalism. It is late-stage capitalism, where the wealth and the power has centralized into the few big corporations that have survived - which then use said power to pressure any competition (i.e. by artifically lowering the prices until the competition gets bankrupt, then hiking them back up until another unfortunate soul decides to challenge it) That is what unregulated, pure capitalism will inevtiably lead to. And rthe further issue here ... breadlines? Who would finance these? Aren't these so called *gasp* social measures?! And social means socialism?! And Socialism means communism?! And communism means ... suffering. Well, different suffering at least! Probably. Maybe. There is already a big stigma around any measures that would help people. Why? Because it is more profitable to exploit them. If they can't get support, they are forced into underpaying job, where they are at the brink of existance. Not saying all regulations make sense or are useful, but that no regulation would quickly devolve into hell

[@thetapheonix]

@@nordosSocialism has and will exploit people too. Spare us your smug juvenile take on all this. It is nothing more than taking from the capable producers and giving what they produce to the lazy and the dumb.

[@francismarion6400]

@nordos I think it's more like fascism resulting from societies morals breaking down. No such thing as "late stage Capitalism." These western governments are following a political agenda.

[@mutotalamb7802]

Fast food workers are not the highest paid. They're the first to be laid off!

[@davidhunternyc1]

Exactly, they can be fired for any reason and health insurance? Corporate laughs in your face.

[@NeverTrustGovrnmentOrGlobalist]

This kind of stuff always seems to happen in liberal leftist areas. It's best to go move to conservative areas where people understand how the real world works.

[@NeverTrustGovrnmentOrGlobalist]

@@davidhunternyc1 Well this is what happens when you vote in Dem's

[@ChesterSm-ge1hb]

The highest paid job people are government workers and the Never get laid off even if they don’t show up for work

[@NeverTrustGovrnmentOrGlobalist]

@@ChesterSm-ge1hb you can thank the Dem's for causing things to be unaffordable. They sure do care about you.

[@reese8752]

The problem is not that a lot of these people aren’t worth $20 and hour, it’s that the job isn’t worth $20 an hour.

[@anthonyramirez2576]

Then you go do it and your family

[@vinniephillips452]

If you don’t think a job is worth the hourly rate, then it’s best to look for something else.

[@rabidgoon]

The job is worth whatever the employer is willing to pay. If they’re not willing to pay $20 an hour, then I guess they will either have to fully automate or close down.

[@fazdoll]

@@rabidgoon And the employer is only willing to pay if customers are willing to pay. Unless McD's wants to cut into their profits... and then everyone with a 401K gets made that the McDs stock is going down... It's a downward spiral.

[@rickcastilleja1040]

Big corporations will make a few billions less and CEOs will have to make a million dollars less I don’t feel sorry for them.

[@TheMightymo05]

Longtime California resident. I completely agree with your analysis.

[@brn2863]

This is what people who want huge minimum wage increases don't understand... Or maybe they do, but just don't care. Look, someone with a skilled job deserves to make more than someone doing a job any functional person should be able to do. White collar, blue collar, whatever... In a free marketplace, people with better, more difficult to find skills SHOULD make more money. That's most of the motivation for people to learn how to do all of those skilled things that we need people to be able to do in order for society to function.

[@Glovemanification]

Can you imagine having a stressful office job in California making $22-$23 an hour and now seeing fast food employees closing in on your income level.

[@kareninabobina]

It's very insulting.

[@sssm1051]

As someone living in Commiefornia with a Master's degree, I know how that feels. >:(

[@mr.squeaky8394]

I spent most of my adult life working up to $20/hr, and was proud when I got there. At that point I was upper-middle-mgmt and provided a lot of value to the companies I worked for.

[@eatnplaytoday]

Well I mean fast food can be stressful too depending on your personality. An introvert would enjoy the office job and pass on the public facing job of a fast food worker

[@paulsawczyc5019]

@@kareninabobina They want you to fight - don't take the bait.

[@mikeshafer]

Back in 2000 I was making $25/hr as a programmer in my first year in college, and all of my friends were blown away by how much I was making. Now I could make almost that much at a Taco Bell. Wow.

[@blazingsandwich1234]

In fairness $25/hr 24 years ago was kind of a lot.

[@dd-uy5lx]

then you need ot ask for more. simple as that. not that hard

[@hellsonly8908]

Or you could be making more as a programmer unless you suck at that job. By the way I doubt you would want to work at taco bell even if it was 20 bucks an hour.

[@JoeSmith-lp8fl]

Inflation is a thing. In terms of buying power $25.00 per hour in the year 2000 is the equivalent of $45.00 an hour today. So let be clear, Taco Bell workers even at $20 an hour, are making half of what you were in the year 2000, once we adjust for inflation, and look at things in terms of buying power per unit of time invested. $10 an hour in 2000 is equal to $18 an hour now.

[@johanndork5364]

The thing was you were having a very good life on that hourly rate, as I was then and before that. Now the bills are much higher and hourly rates haven’t kept up. It’s becoming the top 1% and a huge gap as the new middle class can’t manage to live the lifestyle their parents did.

[@ari_an_yah]

It won't matter because the cost of living will keep rising for groceries, gas, insurance and housing is outrageous anyways. Those people are worth the money and its a shame they have destroyed the middle class as we know it and have crippled many generations to come. You will own nothing, and be happy!! The family unit will need to be multi-generational in order to survive imho.

[@liztorres27]

I worked with special need clients for 20yrs and was getting minimum wage. I dealt with behavioral issues and had to restrain at times. This is ridiculous

[@faqu529]

Nah they are gonna replace a lot of humans with kiosk.

[@taasch2505]

And I'm here for it! Now it'll get my order right, not moan and complain, be way cleaner, cook to perfection. Bye, bye to the workers who priced themselves out

[@gabrielpacana8596]

Already happened before this mess. E.G. Santa Monica, CA.

[@thekid1597]

Yup, and the couple of saps behind the counter will be working 10x as hard working less hours.

[@s99614]

Already happened.

[@jasonbarkema7664]

Yup already here...even in okeechobee 😅

[@usausausausa]

Good for them! California has $7 gas, triple rent increases, insurance, food, etc.. everyone needs a raise.

[@stevo728822]

As a result of that raise, gas will go up to $8. 101 economics.

[@BREEZYM6015]

​@@stevo728822Unfortunately that's the result of increasing prices and inflation. People can't be expected to keep working minimum wage jobs and live paycheck to paycheck.

[@taasch2505]

​@@stevo728822and they're gonna be replaced by robots. So much for that 😂

[@C1K450]

@@taasch2505everyone will be replaced by robots

[@danettewelborn5577]

Wow! Where do you think that money comes from? Higher taxes, higher insurance, higher food and cost of living. Nothing is free.

[@mermaidtails4391]

Riiiiiiight. And now to offset that, people will have their hours cut and others will get fired, and $20/hour will never be enough in Californication to survive. Be careful what you wish for.

[@shadowfilm7980]

I live in California. Why I don’t eat out any more. Even at McDonalds. Their prices are now ridiculous. Almost as much as a nice sit down restaurant. 😬😵‍💫

[@dantheman6607]

Hum I live in California too and restaurants are always packed 😅

[@grazz7865]

May as well sit down at a diner and be served an actual beef burger

[@AmericanConstellation]

Why is it that people don't understand that as the minimum wages goes up, so does the price of goods and services?

[@hgonz14]

Because they live in fantasy land.

[@debbiec6216]

*It doesn't take much to figure that out* *Everything goes up* !!! *Except for your Wages* *People aren't going too continue, buying Food that much money. You are better off eat at home, cheaper. Stick money in your own pocket.

[@AmericanConstellation]

@@debbiec6216 Yep!

[@C1K450]

@@debbiec6216not as much anymore. Even groceries to make a dinner for 4 cost as much as a pie at little Caesar’s. Luckily for me I control my eating habits so I can have a whole pie to myself that will last 1-2 nights.

[@AB-wg7qe]

Why don’t you understand that stock buybacks cripple Formerly good companies like McDonald’s from paying people better?

[@sunso1991]

Best part of the story, Newsom's friend and donor owns Penera. And he excluded Penera from the wage hike

[@christopheryou5040]

I heard the criteria for that exemption is that they make their own bread on site. If these chains just bake their own bread or buns they can also not pay $20/hr.

[@sunso1991]

@christopheryou5040 and Newsom put in the law that yoy had to be a bakery PRIOR to the law being signed. Which prevents that loophole Pure corruption

[@poisonvax1927]

I’m pretty certain most panara bread chains get their bread delivered first thing in the morning. I could be wrong though

[@jeffw1267]

It's almost as if Newsom knows he will win elections no matter what he says or does.

[@SigFigNewton]

@@christopheryou5040and the politicians who know people in Nvdia corporate might be unfairly kind to ALL makers of AI chips. Doesn’t mean it isn’t corrupt

[@nar76109]

You do realize the reason all these things are so expensive is because of corporate greed?

[@grazz7865]

Of course. Corporations just taking all the money back they lost during the PLANdemic

[@user-rf1pb4rt8k]

$18 for Big Mac combo meal is too much for junk food.

[@grazz7865]

May as well sit down and be served at a diner and enjoy an actual beef burger

[@johnweibel1128]

Startingvwage for a Medical Assistant in CA $15-$17/hr. These are the people calculating dosages, drawing up syringe and administering injections in children. And most jobs require a certification and equivalent of an Associates degree. Now the fry cook, makes more. So why pay for 2 years of school, and the stress of giving inhections to children?

[@gypsymoontarotofficial]

that was the going pay back in the 90's lol

[@grazz7865]

That’s the problem. The minimum wage is bumped up while the rest of us get nothing

[@Pallasathena-hv4kp]

Time to raise CNA wages. They really deserve it. It’s not cooking burgers. They take care of People.

[@garygary2029]

when you compare the responsibilities cna wages should be twice the pay of fast food workers

[@rathelmmc3194]

That's true, healthcare is so cheap.

[@thomasreynolds1530]

they both flip burgers lmao

[@rossicapone3]

The biggest problem we have in California and the United States is we downplay people jobs as if there are jobs more important than another if you have passion about your job organize and fight for hire pay. No, I don't work in fast food but I have and there are a lot of things that kind of make that $20hr still peanuts for fast food workers.

[@morningbear3794]

@@thomasreynolds1530 haha

[@swanbaby62]

I lived and worked with a college degree and never made $20 an hour. I get that prices, especially for rentals are high-but this is unsustainable. It is not a lack of skills- that throws the onus on the workers. The PAY across many industries is too low. What about the wages being stagnant since the 70's? People like to act like boomers are hogs and got all of the economic goodies. NO- senior citizens- boomers are the fastest growing group of homeless. This is a society wide problem. Many groups have been poor but America keeps moving along as if there are not huge structural problems in the economy and society. Many people-older- are single. Single adults can't buy a house either. This is a sea change across the board. It is time for big picture thinking. 🤞🏽

[@grazz7865]

Look at this scenario. I worked for Woolworth back in 1986-minimum wage was $3.35/hr-nothing to write home about. Fast forward to 2024-minimum wage is $20/hr. That’s a 0.43 cent raise per year! Pathetic! Meanwhile, the average house was $26,000 and now $700,000. That’s a $17,000 increase per year! WTF! 🤬

[@RickJamesFPV]

Why are so many people shitting on fast food workers? Blame the politicians if you don't like it. I never heard of anyone turning down a pay raise regardless of how much they made.🤷‍♂

[@gumerzambrano]

He's just a rich white guy complaining that minorities are making more money

[@vidaacheampong2563]

EXACTLY hating on teenagers and college students and senior citizens those are the ones who work there anyway.. just STOP buying fast food it's not good for you anyway

[@smeff099]

The politicians are listening to their voting base claim they need more money. They do not care about the long term future, only the next election.

[@billmelater6470]

Part of it is because they vote for it and you get the politicians you vote for. It's much the same way I see inflation; the sad fact is most people asked for it whether they realized it or not. Lots of people are complaining they can't afford a house but they'll beg and plead for artificially lowered interest rates that cause the prices to skyrocket. And that's just one small example.

[@jonathanjacques7250]

I do blame the politicians and the unions!

[@greenlight6913]

To live in California you need to make 441K a year not 41K.

[@raycaesarradoc141]

Is that for a single person or a dual income married couple ?

[@the_derpler]

Not really. I moved there making 80k a year. Was fine. However, w/ that said I had some roomies and no family.

[@Alex-jx5bx]

Actually 300 will be sufficient for many

[@hannw7]

True!! To live comfortably and take a nice vacation, contribute to a 401K, and have an emergency fund… over 400k for sure.

[@Dizzyskyline]

That's why you simply don't live there. It's a dump anyway. Full or drugs, gangs, homelessness, and nutty mental cases.

[@alexhigginbotham8635]

But then half a million people got their hours cut in half or got laid off.

[@GothBatty]

2 hours a week 😂

[@briand2340]

Can you prove it?

[@bigtobacco1098]

​@briand2340 it's all over the news 😮😅

[@rse4379]

​@@briand2340On a serious note I have heard rumors of a 4 day work week. You can bet there is a catch and it's not to benefit people so they have more time off.

[@rollinia7770]

It will always be that the manager gets most of the hours as always the manager lazy will keep employees that can work 3 people work given them hours a bit longer.

[@UpUpDnDnLtRtLtRtBAStart]

7:10 - "The restaurants have to charge more" Yeahhhh they've been charging more.

[@user-vy7md5be6f]

$20 an hour does nothing in California, especially in the Bay Area. If a person works full time at this rate, their gross is $41600 a year. I live in an apartment complex where the rent is $2500 a month, or over $30,000 a year. If I worked only in fast food, I would not be able to live here. I would need to have a job that pays over $100,000, using the old rule that no more than 30% of your income should go to rent.

[@xeero24]

None of them are working full time.

[@user-vy7md5be6f]

@@xeero24 I know. I have been hearing and reading stories about the fast-food restaurants reducing hours and closing stores in response to this law. Early this year, Pizza Hut laid off 1200 delivery drivers and now deliveries are being done by gig contractor working for UberEats and GrubHub.

[@grazz7865]

That’s a good rule to follow. Unfortunately, most of us are one paycheck away from disaster.

[@TwitchTri522]

I MAKE 9 AN HOUR, QUIT YOUR BELLYACHING..

[@daniellarsen889]

I would just cut 20% of my staff to make up the $4 an hour increase. Plus, Governor Newsom only pays his employees $16 an hour for working at an $80 a plate restaurant.

[@86Framer]

In the middle of nowhere cities of the Midwest you still have to pay at least 16 an hour starting just to be able to man a restaurant like a Burger King.

[@alexruiz3257]

Lets not forget how his buddies get a pass as well like Panera.

[@p.granger8824]

That’s Very Hard to do in fast food unless you’re forking out for automation somehow. The Key Word is Fast. You have too little staff, people drive off. You think you can just cut without effecting the business?

[@daniellarsen889]

@p.granger8824 cut hours too. Get rid of breakfast and close at 9pm instead of midnight. Automation is coming.

[@GeorgeSchneider8889]

Someone else will pick up the business you abandoned. The world will keep moving on. There were restaurants before you and there will be restaurants after you.

[@gregmccarter2176]

The major problem that most people have is" they dont know anything about economics. Everything goes up when wages go up...Everything gets past to consumers..and consumers will not eat the fast food anymore..

[@micmdaaussie]

Actually, unless it's legislated like this case, everything goes up but the wages. Just look at housing. Florida, a red state, would not raise the minimum wage with DeSantis at the controls. Yet housing's going up like a space shuttle on steroids.

[@jonathanjacques7250]

Exactly 💯

[@user-jl8yy5ir7s]

In the 80s and early 90s, people were spending their avg hourly wage amount on fast food. What is the avg wage today? $25? If you look at the stock price gains vs the wage gains; there is plenty of fat to keep those wages up to parity! This is just corporate greed not wanting to pay people so the company can buy back shares to inflate their stock higher. The executives get paid a base salary and a big bonus paid in stock, which lowers their tax rate.

[@user-ne7zi3ym3b]

Of course, when consumers quit eating the fast food, this causes a domino effect. Then employees are laid off, and the possibility that the fast food restaurant/s will go out of business. Then the food producers face lay offs, etc. Yes, it's passed to consumers.

[@TonyTitleGuy]

Yeah... It's like raising the ceiling to get more head room. Unfortunately, the floor rises with it.

[@MrPremierproperties]

The mediocre employees will be fired first, then the better employees will be forced to work twice as hard. I saw that working at McDonalds in high school.

[@scottyoung1489]

Government employees; City, County, State & Federal are the highest paid overall and the pensions are sweeeeet, taxpayers make it all happen.

[@antilogism]

Great work when you get in but it's an "good ol' old boy's" club and you have to deal with bat-shit crazy office politics.

[@basha0810]

Now people need to work 3 jobs and work with 3 schedules. Florida is just as expensive as California now. Never thought I'd see the day.

[@vidaacheampong2563]

Florida is definitely not as expensive as Cali stop it 🙄

[@zuniga325]

​@@vidaacheampong2563in Miami-Dade, it is.

[@richardface8664]

Another great video! Thank you so much for everything.

[@chickengod9184]

This is not sustainable because no one is going to pay that much extra for garbage food. Seattle passed a law about a month ago, adding $5 to the fee for delivery services for food. In one month business for those delivery services went down 30% and the drivers although making $26 an hour, lost money because people stopped ordering food. At the end of the day the customer isn't going to pay $35 for a cheeseburger and the government can't force consumers to pick up the tab for a broken business model

[@teebone2157]

You have to have a business with more than 60 locations in order to be subject to the new law.That's mostly big corporations

[@hoosierdaddy8002]

Not for long.

[@kosh9639]

As long as, the US Gov. Keeps Printing money & Devaluing the Currency... There will Always be a Need to Raise the Min. Wage..

[@bustoutcentral]

they just closed a family dollar store that was built less than 2 years ago (new construction) not only that, but its in rural Wisconsin and the nearest Walmart is 30 minutes away. wows

[@youtbe999]

Except Panera Bread employees! That law has a loophole for Panera related to some political contribution.

[@MrCPPG]

Guess whete Panera employees will apply?

[@jasonbarkema7664]

Good luck competing for employees panera...gonna get the bottom of the barrel

[@youtbe999]

@@jasonbarkema7664 Yes, but there are only so many fast food job openings at $20

[@subotaiKhan]

Crazy how the people who are angry about fast food workers getting $20/hr are the same people who are complaining about how expensive California is.

[@dcg590]

I’d say the people complaining have taken Econ 101 or bettered themselves and learned a skill or trade and got an education and worked their butts off to get to $20 only to learn the cashiers make the same. But don’t worry, this will backfire. Hours cut, doors closing and a ,out of jobs lost.

[@subotaiKhan]

@@dcg590 Sounds like those people should demand higher salaries for their job rather than get angry at people making $20/hr with the current cost of living. Being angry at fast food workers isn’t going to do them any good. They should be angry with their employers.

[@smeff099]

​@@subotaiKhansounds like you skipped class about economics 101. Higher prices drive higher wages drive higher prices drive higher wages drive higher prices....

[@smeff099]

​@subotaiKhan if you actually cared about an affordable living you'd demand no minimum wage.

[@erich6860]

Funny how the people complaining about FF workers getting 20 an hour are the same people who are complaining about low birthrates and people not buying houses, or living on government welfare.

[@andymiko2534]

Been watching your videos lately , keep up the good work

[@nelliesfarm8473]

Even here in the rural southeast, $20 /hr isn't enough to live on...and its one of the cheapest places to live in the country. 😢

[@TwitchTri522]

i make $9 AN HOUR AND LIVE OUTTA MY CAR..QUIT COMPLAINING AND WORK HARDER LIKE ME.

[@Aldant432]

All their going to do is price themselves out of the market. Fast food is not $20 an hour food. People always have a choice - don’t buy it.

[@andyholder6039]

That's what I did

[@marknewton6984]

No more. 😮

[@stonesfan285]

It's not like this company can't afford it. They're going to raise prices, keep everyone part time or automate because the franchisees don't want to take a hit to their bottom line. And I guess why should they? The problem is cost of living it outpacing wage growth. I blame a lot of that on erosion of unions and government spending.

[@MegaKg9]

Good talk man thanks for the updates

[@AR-sb5yc]

I was surprised that a smart guy like you even exercised the idea of moving to California knowing how crazy that state is and knowing how many people left the state for the past 4 years for different reasons.

[@andrewvelez3876]

In Denmark the min wage in fast food restaurants is 22.00 per hour. One month vacation and full medical insurance.

[@mightguy2501]

How much is a meal at a fast food restaurant there???

[@gerdgoossens6388]

And 50% income tax

[@briangulley6027]

How much of the 22 goes to taxes? Nothing is free and never will be.

[@Scrap-dog8181]

True but, Denmark only has 6 million people and is smaller then South Florida and has more people. US has 360 million people and 100 Denmark's would fit inside the US. The Danes system would not work in the US, but I wish it could.

[@davisholman8149]

And Denmark takes 35%+ of your income in taxes. Healthcare gets more expensive every year as medical technology adds more biotech machines & devices to what is available to save your life. Healthcare is not free!

[@carefulconsumer8682]

Peter Schiff said last week that Cali house prices need to drop at least 50% for them to be affordable. I would agree with Peter but suggest houses across most of America need to drop 50% to be affordable for the locals. Also, Jamie Dimon, CEO of Chase, implied Fed rates need to be 8% instead of only 5% to slow down inflation.

[@Ziegfried82]

Jamie Dimon is correct about the FED rates. They should have been 10% or higher years ago to stop the inflation but here we sit around 5% while the dollar's purchasing power continues to wane.

[@Yosk77]

People with office jobs making 20-23/ hr 😢😢😢 Also, paying poor people more money is messed up! Let's pay them less since all the people with big brains who play with numbers can make more. Please stop poor people from having any hope for prosperity.

[@ashcarrier6606]

In the 80s, in my hometown, $20 an hour was what you got got for wotking the hot strip line at the steel mill. Now you get that for running a deep fryer.

[@aceyorba]

Just to pay all your insurance and taxes in Taxifornia one needs to make over 100k .. unfortunately, the numbers don't add up for Taxifornia anymore. Govt gone Wild

[@stevonshufford5552]

Soon as they give you the raise. They will start putting in more kiosk. Reduce staff. Reduce time. Change open and closing time

[@jjones3566]

They would do that anyway as soon as they figure out how to. Everything is about greed.

[@ky9616]

Literally if consumer levels stay the same or from what I've seen in my local market increased consumer demand for fast food then literally everything you said won't come to pass. You can only cut so many jobs when labor is only taking up 25%. I've worked a job were labor was 15% and it was killer too many orders with too few workers. Once we got back to 25% there was an equilibrium. I bet you the labor hasn't gone significantly up.

[@PraveenSriram]

Very good well described video Michael. Thank you so much 😊

[@mattanderson6672]

Love that you mentioned German in Venice, you two should collab!

[@lindaadams1008]

The ripple affect of that wage hike is going to be devastating...😢 It's very sad...😔

[@gjmjajaj]

make THESE CEOs take a pay cut...

[@chief3619]

It’ll start with the workers and then no one will eat there so it will then be the franchisees. By then, the managing committee has either caused our or moved their franchises out of CA.

[@jonathanjacques7250]

Yes it will, open your eyes people.

[@hellsonly8908]

You know the 20 bucks an hour raise is not done all at once. and in reality these business can afford it without raising prices. But they do so because what matters to them is increasing profit margins

[@garethwilliams4467]

@@hellsonly8908 but profit IS THE REASON for business. Of course they want more and you to want less. If you can then open your own business, you are not owed anything.

[@daboyup2nogood]

Maybe $20 for fast food workers is the right wage in California. Maybe the rest of the jobs in California with more responsibility and skills need to pay more proportionately.

[@garethwilliams4467]

but they can't afford it. Because they won't eat into their profit margins to do it. so they invest in other areas - this ends badly for the people at the bottom. The only solution is that you never end up at the bottom.

[@grazz7865]

That’s the problem. The minimum wage is bumped up while the rest of us get nothing. Not that they don’t deserve it. Let’s face reality. $20/hr is still WAY below poverty level

[@daboyup2nogood]

@@grazz7865 Yup. 20 bucks now is less than 5 bucks 10 years ago.

[@garethwilliams4467]

@@grazz7865 so what ? Is it the employers problem what your costs are. Or does he just pay the minimum (marekt rate) he can get away so that he makes profit. So that h e can invest that profit in more outlets etc ??

[@grazz7865]

@@garethwilliams4467 I think we all know the answer to that. Low ball the employees. That’s most jobs

[@rg8162]

In defense of the guy who eats el pollo loco throughout the week - el pollo loco is actually quite health. Rotisserie chicken, fresh vegetables, herbs and spices. And tortillas and small portions of rice as a substitute to French fries - that’s not too bad.

[@creditczar6979]

That is more than many people with an education, teaching in public schools, and have 10 years of experience. Lots more skill required than working at McDonald's. "Would you like fries with that?"

[@DianaPrinceitiswhatitis]

I inquired at Taco Bell about a job for my teen. The employee said yes, but they’re cutting hours. That’s a direct result of the $20 per hour for fast food workers Layoffs are bound to happen along with increasing the cost of food. I’m in the sf bay-area. MB you are spot on with your analysis.❤❤❤ Foster Freezer went out of business in some city in California right before or on Easter Sunday.

[@kgjung2310]

It's also spurring on automation at a much faster rate. Reduced hours? That's only the beginning. People will get laid off and replaced with machinery and self-service. All this was foreseen and even warned about, but people would rather virtue signal and have other people lose their jobs.

[@jux3283]

​@@kgjung2310automation would happen without this cause capitalists are greedy, get a clue

[@toddprater14]

Why are you inquiring about a job for your teen? They should be doing it themselves, are you gonna go into the interview with them as well?

[@mmmd3429]

​@@toddprater14The helicopter parent is going to ruin their chance to get a job. I'd tell them whatever as well to keep them away. You know that parent will come up to the job often and check up on them.

[@erich6860]

FF cut hours when min wage was $7.25 This is not new behavior

[@wackyguyoverthirty]

People say remote workers are at the highest risk of having AI take their jobs. If I was a fast food worker, I’d be really worried right now. These people come to work and they are probably the most likely to get laid off out of all US workers due to AI.

[@joseenoel8093]

Here in Montréal they've robots putting your grocery order in bags, still human delivering, I'm not interested, I like going to the plaza here seeing humans and shopping for myself!

[@Ziegfried82]

The robots are going to annihilate white collar jobs at a far faster rate than the blue collar ones. Ironic really...people looked down on blue collar for so long but when you look at the global economy the poorest most primitive nations suffer the least from AI. Same goes for blue collar jobs in general, they are almost untouched by AI.

[@jkmarshall3553]

Robot Burger!

[@user-vy7md5be6f]

A lot of jobs are at risk to AI dominance. It's not just remote workers. Jobs in the tech industry, media industry, telemarketers, bookkeepers and accounting clerks, paralegals and legal assistants, finance jobs, market research analysts, receptionists, graphic designers, retail sales professionals (cashiers, fast food workers) and customer service representatives, messengers and delivery workers, professional IT support specialists, data entry technicians (data entry keyers), assembly line workers, agricultural laborers, tax preparers, locomotive engineers, parking enforcement workers, warehouse stockers, watch repair technicians, meter readers, mail sorters, casino dealers, prepass technicians, taxi drivers, engine and machine assemblers, referees, translators, librarians, computer programmers, proofreaders, textile workers, toll booth operators, legal secretaries, and dispatchers. This is just from doing a search of which jobs will be replaced with AI workers. I am sure that there are more - I once saw a list where human psychologists could be replaced by AI. The loss of work here is staggering.

[@user-cd1yr5sm5t]

Old news, but still an improvement for your channel. Thank you. 🙏

[@user-cd1yr5sm5t]

I see you’re on a good path, your next video should be about the “grocery protection act” for SF

[@russdabigguy3885]

...i think real estate workers should make 20/hr...being generous half a day 4 hours at 20 bucks..80 in fees to buy a house

[@davidhunternyc1]

Exactly. Better yet, let's not pay real estate workers or KZbin influencers anything!

[@Ziegfried82]

It's all based on supply and demand. If people decide real estate agents aren't worth the cost they won't pay em.

[@mrlong6267]

If you are in real estate, good luck right now. You don’t get paid anything if you are not closing an escrow per month.

[@kent7964]

YUM brands for example who owns Taco Bell has over $5 BILLION in profits yearly. STOP BLAMING WORKERS!

[@syxpaths5809]

Yeah but he doesn’t pay the workers. The franchise owners do. Yum brand takes no hit it’s the franchise’s that eat the cost out of their thin profit margins.

[@buzzk8305]

WRONG! There revenue was 7.07 billion, now study up on profit margin and you will be apologizing for your ignorance

[@Justin_Beaver564]

It takes almost 5 billion to run that enterprise

[@grazz7865]

It’s not so much complaining that they’re getting a higher salary. God knows everyone needs a higher salary. It’s that they are getting bumped up while the rest of us are in limbo with the same salary. Let’s face facts. $20/hr is still WAY below the poverty level. You can’t make ends meet on $20/hr. To live comfortably in most shities now, you need to be making $250,000/yr. The days of daddy working to earn a living/support a family and mommy staying home to take care of the house and family are LONG over. Everyone has to have some kind of job just to make it month to month.

[@EmpoweredPursuits87]

Instead of lowering the cost of living in California. 🤷🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️

[@grazz7865]

Housing is completely out of control. My dad bought his first house in 1972 for $26,000 and he was earning $10,000/yr. Average house now is $700,000 and the average salary is $75,000/yr! WTF!

[@Fishbite9]

I live in San Francisco where tons and tons of once fabulous, world-class restaurants have gone out of business. Entire blocks of once thriving businesses and hotels now boarded up and graffitied. Our huge downtown mall is now closed, Union Square which has lost most of its stores, is now losing Macy’s the famous anchor to the square. It’s not just fast food that is being decimated, it’s all businesses who no longer can make it due to inflation and rampant in-your-face crime.

[@grazz7865]

And interestingly enough, CA is as blue of a state as you can get. Be careful who you vote for. I know I know-no politics, no religion

[@LTXsp]

Sad that we make such a big deal about people making $20 an hour. Which btw, barely qualifies you to rent an average 1 BR apartment.

[@chief3619]

You’re missing the point. It’s making everything else unaffordable for everyone else. Fast food isn’t supposed to be a career. It’s supposed to get you through the summer as a 17 year old.

[@sasapopadic384]

Maybe...😂😂😂😂

[@smeff099]

Remember a few short years ago when it was 12$? Then it was 15$ Now it's 20$ Remember how cheap things were before Trump in 2016 during the 12$ argument? Then Remember how things go really expensive in 2020 when 15$ was the standard. Now wait until you see what 20$ will do.

[@erich6860]

@@chief3619 You're missing the point. Everything is already unaffordable,,, which is why min wage went up. No it is not a summer job,,, these companies are open 365 days a year, from morning til night. These jobs pay taxes, and make real profits for corporations. So your just wrong.

[@steelisthemeal]

Poverty rules !!!

[@ElainetheGARugrat8815]

I miss the word fewer that's being phased out by misuse. Less hours - no, it's fewer hours because you can count the hours. Less water - yes Less hours - no, fewer hours. 💕💕

[@lanialost1320]

Yes!! Less = qualitative. Fewer = quantitative.

[@ElainetheGARugrat8815]

@@lanialost1320 Yes!!! Thank you! If you can count it, use less!! That's what's going away!! Drives me crazy these days!! Less air, fewer air molecules. lolol

[@hrhtreeoflife4815]

I work at Pizza 🍕 Hut 🛖 I get 2 hours of work per week $20 × 2 = $40/week. Minus tax

[@bleusky897]

Less, few, tomatoes, tomato….jk,jk…I’m guilty of it. I personally will do better. Thank you for that..😊

[@truthseeker1959]

@@ElainetheGARugrat8815 Correction: if you can count it, use fewer, not less. Same thing with many and much. Too many carrots, too much mashed potatoes. 😉

[@cptr]

Thank goodness!!

[@thomasmanning829]

When government plays around with wage and price controls the economy suffers. How can government micromanagement help businesses prosper?

[@marcgroetsch2216]

Experienced meat cutter in Louisiana here… making $17 an hour and it’s considered a trade 🥩

[@Ziegfried82]

One good thing about your job, it's gonna be a very long time before robots can do it as well as you do.

[@antilogism]

Zip Recuiter has "Union Meat Cutter Salary in San Jose, CA" at $20/hr.

[@FloatingThroughTheRealm]

McDonald’s CEO made $19.2 million last year. Cost to open a new McD’s Franchise: One-time $45,000 franchise fee paid to McDonald's Monthly rent up to $229,000 per month, with 3 months in advance Signs, seating, equipment, and decor: $325,000 to $1,550,000 Open inventory: $10,000 to $39,000 Misc. opening expenses: $46,500 to $58,195 Travel and living expenses while traveling: $3,000 to $37,100 Additional funds for 3 months: $80,000 to $355,000 I propose- CEOs just stop being greedy.

[@AB-wg7qe]

You forgot all the stock but backs that Publicly traded companies like McDonald’s engage in leaving no money or even more debt for their employees to pay off with lower wages. Merica!!

[@rathelmmc3194]

There's 40,275 McDonalds in the world so the CEO is making 475 dollars per McDonalds location... Yeah changing that person's pay will really affect anything.

[@bigtobacco1098]

The left can't math

[@eternalspring1034]

McDonald's isn't into the hamburger business, they are in the real estate business.

[@ZERO-th6dd]

I guess you haven't done much research because 19.5 million a year is nothing compared to Walmart world wide Walmart makes 24.7 million dollars an hour you should look up how much the two youngest Waltons make a year it would blow your mind 🤔and yet I bet Walmart doesn't pay 20$ an hour to employees because my mother has worked for Walmart for 22 year's and makes less then 17$ an hr

[@blaakrose]

Here in Louisville $15 hr is the average rate for restaurant jobs. Warehouse and factory pays average $18 to $23 hr. New apartments and those in good areas rent over $1000 a month.

[@AIFILMSROCK]

Excellent work Michael and you speak the TRUTH in all your videos.

[@ralphfinklea7855]

Everyone should take a pay cut so CEOs can make $50 million a year. That is the new norm in the USA. Lets worry about making the rich richer.

[@MrCPPG]

Well then, let's definitely funnel more governmemt contracts to politicians families.

[@dcg590]

How about you worry about yourself and stop blaming the successful people for your failure?

[@nordos]

@@dcg590 Ah, yes, silly me. I should really blame myself for not inheriting millions! Really, how dumb am I for not having a rich parent, so that I can get a grant and invest into the stock market, right? Wait a second ... I can't choose my parents?!

[@truthseeker1959]

@@dcg590That’s the point. They’re NOT any more “successful” than the rest of us. They’re just lucky to be part of a corrupt system that overpays them because they are willing to lie, cheat, and steal.

[@aperitifs]

Interesting thing about Ceo wages .. a friend was running hospitals all over Australia.. he was on around 250k a year .. In Australia it's 49cents to tax for high wages. And Medicare levey.. And his first wife and children got 37% ........ Most people on big wages have big mortgages and after the GFC happened.. 600k disappeared out of his superannuation, .. he is retired now and money is about to run out. covid19 jacked the prices of everything essential .. be interesting to see what happens when trump returns...

[@MsOdd86]

I’ve had plenty of jobs and currently work fast food bc it pays the best in my area and it 100% is the most difficult and demanding job I’ve ever had. I get paid good for it but I damn near run the whole restaurant by myself some days!

[@Ziegfried82]

Heh if you're doing that already you may want to try to become a manager at the joint.

[@robertlaird6746]

I really like your content! Even though the economy sucks and that I feel that any day now that the real estate market is going to crash. I just found a small trailer park with 13 units and am thinking about purchasing it. It's a great deal and will pay for itself in six and a half years if everyone pays me on time. I think I'm going to go for it.

[@backcountyrpilot]

I moved my family and business out of CA 16 years ago. A 77 year-old friend of mine is finally moving to Florida like her son did last year. Her daughter moved her family from San Diego to Tennessee 2 years ago. 🚀

[@vidaacheampong2563]

Those places are gonna end up just like California watch 😂 too many people scrambling there tbh the entire US is in trouble

[@laurijohnson7754]

Waitresses too. Maybe not in all states but my son has to pay his waitresses 20.00 an hour. Plus they make tips. Most people don’t realize it, He says they average 35.00 an hour! That’s as much as my husband made as an engineer. Once people get wind of it tipping will be over

[@dagda3000]

Tipping culture in the US is absurde anyway

[@taasch2505]

Yep, they're overpayed for a talentless job. Look what nurses put up with. It's insane they make more than a nurse! INSANE! This is why we are losing Healthcare workers

[@anotherguyonthepc5]

Tipping should be over, it's out of control, I tip well only if the service was fast and good and that's not very often no matter where I'm at.

[@clyde19788]

when was that? 1999?

[@jasonbarkema7664]

I get 23 an hour to be a maintenance technician with 28 years experience 🙃

[@joseenoel8093]

Don't eat that stuff, you'all know better! Eclipse was great here in Montréal, nature's free show! 😊

[@marknewton6984]

Only free thing in Montreal..

[@SyndicateGamingMMO]

Love it. Worked at my dream job at blizzard entertainment one of the hardest jobs to get. Got paid 17.25$ an hr. And yet some hs drop out gets paid more than me!

[@jamesschulziii9098]

Like I said previously, a snowball rolling downhill. Not gonna end well. Thank you kindly Michael , much ❤ to you

[@user-zs1fr7im6l]

And in California you need 2 people making 25 hour to barely make it !

[@markhetz1119]

I can’t feel sorry for them 👍🏻you keep electing 15:31 Democrats they are destroying your city

[@ShapeshifterOS]

I talked to an employee at the Dollar tree and they said the company is looking at changing the name. Like Dollar Plus or something. They have bumped prices to anywhere between $1.25-$5 and have price checking machines now. It is absolutely insane!

[@rollinia7770]

Dollar Plus is a great name. Better snatch it before it too late 😊.

[@markhetz1119]

Some here $1.25 &up

[@GreatMindsSeekTruth]

Ours still has $1.25 items. Also a $5 section & a $7 section now.

[@remasterlinux]

I ate at an In-N-Out 10 months ago. All the other Fast Food - Its all Junk and cost too much.

[@michaelvitelli3561]

Thanks!

[@MichaelBordenaro]

Thank you!