OJ SIMPSON DEAD, Hasan Piker vs Jesse Watters, Vietnam’s “Biggest Fraud” Given Death Penalty, & More

[@GOAP68]

$40,000 *IF* you get 40 hours a week. I’m guesstimating it’s closer to low $30k per year pre tax.

[@That-Guy_]

Exactly. They will not schedule you 40 hours because if you have to stay late you will get O/T and that's a big no no in fast food.

[@babyplaneswalker341]

Most fast food places give 30 hours or less per employee per week at that. And yeah, 40k a year pre tax at 40 hours a week still ain't shit in California and other major cities

[@DaAvedes]

If they're not working 40 hours a week they have to supplement it with likely another fast food job so the wage would still be comparable. to working 40 hours a week in fast food.

[@nathaingalt8623]

In one of the most expensive regions in the world...

[@That-Guy_]

​@@DaAvedes Except they then need to spend money money for transportation between the 2 jobs.

[@KodomoNoKaze]

Have Jesse work 6 months, 40 hours a week at McDonald's and then ask him how much he thinks he should be paid. Have him ONLY living off that wage too

[@rachdanaelee]

Working swing shifts too

[@jplayzow]

suddenly I feel like he's gonna think they should make that money

[@WeaselKonig]

Dude couldn't survive ONE ten hour shift.

[@aguy9071]

It would suck. But i don’t think he’d feel that he deserved an average adult Americans wage

[@Footlong-zf4tg]

Make sure its in a state like Georgia and Wyoming where the minimal wage is still as low as $5.15. See how well he does.

[@Johnny_mak]

OJ: Dies Everyone else: so anyway

[@bananaempijama]

I only knew it now because of this video lol Didn't see anything on the news.

[@Lyndiloo]

Got a lot of msgs today saying he was dead and I was really confused as to why any of them would have ever thought I cared.

[@Phoenix2312]

That sounds pretty much right... Of course his Murder Trial did end up with him being found Innocent, and I put a great deal of blame for that on the Prosecution... The Glove, The Killer piece of Evidence did not fit his hand... WELL OF COURSE NOT.. The man had Millions, He wasn't going to risk doing the deed directly himself!!! The Prosecutors totally screwed that case! I had not hate for him... But also no love for him... At least now the families of those who passed can rest knowing there is some kind of justice - far too late but at least it finally came!

[@nyxx7813]

yeah but the grifters like tryon magnus are all like fence sitting oj

[@evanmorrison3232]

People at my work said "RIP OJ" and I said "fuck em, don't say rip. You need to earn 'rip'"

[@RhyD502]

On the "payments for mothers who neglect their children" story. Phil and the sources he looked into are correct there is so much nuance to these claims of neglect. I'm a social worker and most times we look into a case of neglect it's because the mother had to go to work to pay for rent or food and left her children alone or in her car. The lack of food is because of a lack of funds to feed her children. It's a poverty loop that makes it look like these mothers failed. The program I run has funds called "barrier removal funds" that are used to assist families in having a smoother ride through this road called life. It's a beautiful thing to see families strive when government funds are targeted to the actual issues of generational poverty.

[@indiestripper5374]

thats awesome! where is the program based?

[@RhyD502]

@@indiestripper5374 there are programs like it all over the US. I’m based in southwest Virginia though.

[@alannahatfield6081]

I think neglect is such a loaded word. Most of the time it isn’t intentional. It’s just parents who need to work but can’t afford after school childcare. I’ve had students who are home alone or watching younger siblings while their parents work. That is technically neglect but it’s also a familiar situation for many millennials and older gen-z kids. I think some neglect cases should end in parents receiving more resources and support. They are usually due to a lack of resources as a society we should be looking for signs like this then reaching out more. It is traumatic for children to be separated from their parents. We should be trying to avoid it as much as possible.

[@Zenkai76]

if you can't feed them don't breed them

[@ToTheStarsUK]

@@Zenkai76 Considering how stupid your statement was, maybe you shouldn't have been bred.

[@mrstarz_]

Jesse Waters making 5 million a year yet laughably struggling to do first grade level math really makes me believe you can truly do anything you want in this world

[@scorpion9500]

people like him grew up to rich parents and private schools and the jobs were lined up for them. The "you can do anything" doesn't work for everyone, specially if you are out of luck and your parents are poor.

[@jordanwesley263]

*if you're rich

[@jdionio]

I mean he probably paid to get whatever degree/diploma he got. Man is Happy Gilmore irl, just without the positive learning experiences actually trying to prove his detractors wrong.

[@TheLegend27Kekistani]

Petty take

[@mindyourbusiness660]

The overall distribution of wealth in this country is insane. I hope someone comes along with a better system in my lifetime

[@CrystalFier]

Jesse (and people like him) should be forced to work at a fast food place for at least a month, preferably during lunch rush.

[@chayden153]

Ooh or work in a sit down restaurant on a Sunday dealing with the after church crowd. The worst people to deal with IMO

[@Dudeitsmeee]

In california. so you know, he'll make "bank"

[@That-Guy_]

​@@chayden153 Absolutely

[@MichaelsPwner]

He is getting paid 125 full time McDonald’s employees per year.

[@Unalochy]

​@chayden153 I work at Panda and my location has 3 churches close by, and yet somehow Sunday is such a hard day to get donations. We all know the skit, at the end of the ordering process you are asked by most places if you would like to round up to the nearest dollar to donate to (blank) foundation, our location is the local Dell Children's Hospital. So many well dressed people seem to come in hordes every Sunday morning, and yet it is consistently the day I have the least donations 🤨 I'm a good worker, I brush it off with a smile and continue the pleasant interaction. But inside, I'm judging you. I know it, you might wonder about it, but whatever deity you worship, if they are out there, they know it too.

[@autumnson]

As a European, the U.S tipping culture appalls me. Just pay your worker a living wage and don't rely on customers' generosity. (Also I find it creates more genuine interactions between the waiters and customers since the former doesn't have to pander an absurd amount to the latter in the hope they'll get enough tip to afford rent this month.)

[@snowboardingchic]

This.

[@johnb1759]

As an American, it appalls me that a European would assume that U.S. tipping culture is driven by U.S. companies not paying their employees enough, and that it is the responsibility of companies to provide a "living wage" for every position their company has available (I have seen no data suggesting [but would be interested in looking at such data and revising my position on] the former, while I have seen data that minimum wage laws can hurt certain types of workers by eliminating many niche jobs when those laws are intent on legislating the latter). Thx....

[@wolfferoni]

@@johnb1759 Do you not think it's the company's responsibility to provide their workers a living wage? If a company wants to pay workers $5/hr that's totally fine? What niche jobs are you talking about that would benefit from not having a minimum wage?

[@StefanVeenstra]

​@@johnb1759 If a company cannot afford to provide at least a minimum wage to its employees it has no business being in business.

[@JulesTheMuse]

@@johnb1759 If a person is working full time, they should be paid a living wage. How can you need that on paper to agree? Your statement screams 'I voted for Trump and will do it again".

[@djb1634]

The irony of a soft handed millionaire saying a hard working fast food worker is getting too much money for how hard they work is just baffling. Jesse you have never known a hard days work. There are millions of children who deserve what you make more than you do.

[@imetmikemo182]

& then hasan calling him out for doing next to nothing for his job is actually goated tier comedy. All these weirdos are delusional af💀💀💀

[@FoulMouthFishing666]

​@@imetmikemo182sounds like the pot calling the kettle black lol theyre both insanely cringey hypocrites

[@martinramos9511]

​@@FoulMouthFishing666ad hominem

[@jdlgrishanne]

A millionaire who can't basic math. Those fast food workers jobs require them to be able to do basic math. Looks like fast food jobs have more strict hiring criteria than his job.

[@xblade149]

Hell working at retail in general is a pain

[@bogella2225]

If a company has more than 1% of their workforce on welfare they should be fined 3x the amount those benefits cost.

[@That-Guy_]

Agreed

[@garrettwhite3922]

Sounds reasonable to me

[@gabby3406]

I agree. It's be kind of like how if custodial parents apply for public cash assistance they're required to have a child support case open for the other parent for the state to try to reclaim the cash assistance amount.

[@Playingwithproxies]

It’s probably 50% or higher at many places 😅

[@punksoab]

Uhm... only 3?

[@thechad4485]

I like to remind people that when my grandmother worked at McDonald’s in California as a teenager, her minimum wage would be nearly $40 an hour today. She paid for school and bought her own house in Orange County before she turned 21. So $20 an hour is still half the value of California’s minimum wage 70 years ago.

[@theboythatdid2495]

Excellent way of framing things

[@AbeChang2]

Bullshit! Absolute bullshit lmao

[@kvassman_]

How is it bullshit my dear maga friend?​@@AbeChang2

[@Morgan-Wesley-Parker]

I believed your comment so I wanted to look into it more and I can not seem to find a year that adds up to close to $40 an hour by todays currency (looking up US minimum wage then going to an infatuation calculator) I figured maybe she wasn’t paid minimum wage? Maybe she was paid higher than that? Obviously I don’t know how old your grandmother is but I tried a few different years and nothing lined up. I don’t want you to think I’m against minimum wage btw! Honestly give fast food workers $40 an hour!

[@Morgan-Wesley-Parker]

Oh just saw the “70 years” ago part I must have missed it, ooppsss. Well the minimum wage in 1954 for $0.75 an hour which equates to $8.71 today. People could afford things more easy back then because things were cheaper.

[@Hofhole]

I was a single father of three young children after divorcing my now ex. I was not in poverty but money was extremely tight. My middle child had started kindergarten but I couldn’t find an affordable daycare for the morning, oh the days of 1/2 day kindergarten. He stayed in the apartment alone till an alarm went off I had set and then he went to the bus. I didn’t know what else to do but I had CPS called on me by the school social worker for neglect. It killed me to be seen as a neglectful parent when I was working to provide for my family. People who have never had money problems will never understand how hard the simple things can be without money.

[@isaac_marcus]

I always love hearing "ooohh if they raise the minimum wage the prices for everything is gonna go up" at the same time as hearing "inflation has been causing prices to skyrocket" at the same time as "corporations are showing record profits"

[@joshua-we9xr]

This

[@MrTelron]

I always tell them to Just look at dicks drive-in burgers in WA state. Starting wage is 21/hr then 26/hr after training is complete. Best healthcare in the state. 100% 401k match, and up to 28000 a year in scholarships. Their burgers range from $2.45 - $5.30 and they can afford to pay their employees super well.

[@viivalabamf]

literally this. profits over people every time. it's disgusting.

[@kost4060]

More than wages that cause inflation, and btw if there’s inflation yes record profits will be recorded but it’s still a lie because those record profits aren’t worth as much since the money is worth less. Just looks good to shareholders & it’s good for the media to paint a boogeyman

[@Icynova]

I love America too

[@naotohex]

I really do not want to hear a millionaire complain about other people trying to make a living. No one wants to hear from these out of touch weirdo's.

[@TheHollowBlade]

Out of touch? They are not out of touch, they are narcissistic greedy assholes who only care about themselves. This guy exposed himself to the world that he coudnt care anything at all for others struggles. The issue is because he would make choices, if he is forced to pay his employees more he will just increase thr cost of the product to make up for it. He will NEVER take the hit. Meaning at the end of the day a mcconalds worker can make 60$/hour. You can bet your ass a bigmac will cost 100$, no fries or drink.. thats 50$ more. If a mcdonalds worker has to make 60$ then the grocery store worker has to also make 60 or close to it. Meaning that bag of potatoes you used to buy for 2-3$ will now cost 20-30$. Then those 60$/hour end up the same as 15$/hour with where we are at now. The only real solution imo is to set laws on execs from being so stupidly greedy. Imo the real enemy to our economy is the stockmarket at the end of the day. The shareholders and execs are in bed ensuring both parties end up super wealthy in the end at any cost. As a regular employee if i did the same thing they are doing it would be considered a conflict of interest. The issue is how do you do this without landing with communism.. which will end up in the same spot down the road anyways.

[@ronswanson1410]

That’s why I don’t like listening to Hasan

[@gremblorthesackgoblin7953]

​@@ronswanson1410I dont like Hasan (a mountain of his takes are dogshit at best) atleast he isent just praying people at the bottom dont have enough money to exist

[@ronswanson1410]

@@gremblorthesackgoblin7953 what a high bar for likability 😂

[@Ihelpertricks]

​@@ronswanson1410 not likeability, just neutral.

[@SimisearOfficial]

I have a very controversial opinion: all full time jobs should pay a living wage. If someone is working 40 hours a week. They should be able to live off of it. Edit: I know this isn’t a really controversial opinion I was joking

[@m2hnj]

Nothing about that seems controversial to me

[@bluehairedvixen]

Exactly they are not asking to make what a CEO does. They just want pay rent AND able to eat without picking one or the other

[@jazzisbadatnames]

This shouldn't be controversial 😭

[@gabbym360]

TBH I'd even go so far to say part time jobs should too. If it was just full time, I could see employers sneakily cutting hours so workers are working JUST under 40. I mean, they already do that with overtime.

[@StyxYRenegade]

Not controversial. This is needed in America. Or else poverty will keep climbing as well as homelessness

[@ChelseaKaeyHearts]

I was a regional director for years for a well known fast food chain and currently work in food tech. I've worked in hospitality my whole career from Michelin star restaurants to food tech and as en executive. The resistance to adjusting profit margins in favor of fair wages is troubling. Many fast-food companies maintain net revenue levels well above 60%, with some even reaching 80%. It's not unreasonable to suggest that these companies could afford to allocate a portion of their profits towards better compensation for their employees . The fact that this is even an issue is ridiculous and these companies are intentionally making this a social issue is purely to not have to cut net revenu.

[@ChazzleDazzleVideos]

This is why I ended up going into business for myself and started a painting/decking company. I could not stand making hundreds of dollars for a company that paid me like 1% of hourly sales when I was literally cooking and making all of the food sold. I also pay the guys who now do the paining/staining and pressure washing 2.5x the standard starting wage in the area(4x state min wage) because that let's me do jobs that make more money.

[@sadisticrainbow9689]

I have always said that we need to figure out a way to link profits to wages. Like minimum wage needs to be a set dollar amout OR a percentage of a companies profits for the prior year, which ever is greater. With some companies even .o1% of profit is double or triple current minimum wage. Its crazy that they try to claim they cannot afford it.

[@IFunny9000]

@@sadisticrainbow9689 lets not dictate how companies should operate and lets try to teach people high value skills instead. Just wait till robots take over since you want to be paid $50 to take orders. you’re going to be making a boat load sitting at home on the couch. you’re idea is a communist one trying to mandate a business to do something that its not in its best interest. It shows that your uneducated about economics.If you dont want to work for $15 ill find someone else go sit at home and make nothing hun.

[@jpf51286]

Does anyone else find it dystopian that the stories were "rich man makes fun of poor people", "across the globe they actually punish billionaires, but not here", and then "here's a debt relief ad read"?

[@JennaGetsCreative]

Yup. Especially watching from north of the border so I can't even make use of that debt solution 😅

[@sassysunbeam]

all i can hear is that stupid 'Merica, FUCK YEAH jingle in my head

[@bskinner22rianna]

​@@sassysunbeamI hear that jingle everytime I pay my student loans or my health insurance declines

[@nerdjournal]

What makes it even more dystopian is Phill not able to connect the dots that you don't have to charge the consumer more, you can pay the bleeping execs less. Which I don't know why we would expect rich Phill the boss to make that connection. No matter how much people like Philly, he isn't one of us.

[@sassysunbeam]

@@nerdjournal you heard him say that he was in a trailer as a kid right? it doesn’t help to be so judgmental about someone who’s a little better off than the rest of us. yeah, he might not have the same problems he used to, but that doesn’t mean he’s not human anymore. like he said today, more money DIFFERENT problems.

[@owletto]

I did the math. If a fast food worker worked 8 hours a day for 5 days a week 52 week a year they would make $41600 a year without taxes. Removed income tax, retirement, and insurance, they are left with $39,018. Now look at the average rent in California...about $1,800 a month, so that's 21600 a year. leaving you with $17,418 to buy food, utilities, gas, everyday necessities. Yeah, what a load of crap existing is.

[@Purpletrident]

And considering fast food workers don't work full time, you can half the amount they make

[@psychopathgains2510]

And consider that’s for a single person with absolutely no kids!

[@blackdandelion5549]

@@Purpletrident I might disagree because some of us were sent between two different locations depending on where the need of the stores was in staffing and that dictated how long our drive was everyday and where we were going. It sucked.

[@Aoskar95]

20 per hour is more than I make at a pretty good paying manufacturing job. But then I don't live in California. Rents around here are around 500-1000 depending on size.

[@Bleazy710]

You did those taxes sooo very poorly😂

[@bunnywatchesstuff]

Companies have always said that they can't raise wages because they'd have to raise prices but they have already raised the cost of everything in the last couple of years and used it to make themselves richer. And now they're making even more profit by asking for tips on everything. I am tired of being told by rich people that it's ok to underpay people so severely they qualify for food stamps and can't afford a place to live.

[@princesscherry5217]

i’m so sick of rich people

[@sillylittlecourtjester]

food stamps they'll have to go through hoops to get or are paid just enough they don't qualify for them too

[@standepain]

@@princesscherry5217 Don't forget Phil is a rich person.

[@Takarathekoala]

I’m from Australia and the minimum wage for me working at McDonald’s was already $20. It’s an extremely physical job and STILL not enough to comfortably live off of with the cost of living these days. Anyone who sits in a chair for a living should not be debating what a manual labor job “deserves.”

[@TheDarkblue57]

20 AUD and 20 USD are two very different things. It’s about 30 AUD an hour.

[@Wrathsack]

Tell me you never work the single day in your life without telling me. You entitled privileged rich daddy's little creepy girl

[@ToTheStarsUK]

@@TheDarkblue57 Pretty sure he's saying it's 20 AUD.

[@Coconutsales]

I make 20 dollars an hour working IT, so I knew the math instantly. Guess what, I don't even live in california, I don't buy coffees every day, I buy cheap local produce and discounted foods and share rent with my GF and a roommate - and WE STILL STRUGGLE. 20/hr isn't ENOUGH for those folks in California! I don't know how anyone can survive there. Jesse Waters making ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY TIMES my wage, or the equivalent of *ahem* 2,604 DOLLARS PER HOUR split among 40 hours a week, 4 weeks a month, over 12 months.... THAT is too much money. I don't understand how anyone can listen to a man that does that little for society lambast the HARDEST WORKING PEOPLE in this nation getting a pittance of a minimum wage increase, and say "that's so truuuue!" Eat the rich.

[@johnathanjones9684]

He is the equivalent of a scummy popular kid whos parents paid for him to graduate. Dumb yet somehow smart enough to stay popular. And I don't understand it

[@joshuahill9793]

As someone who is currently working in the fast food we need this increase trust me, fast food job is very demanding and we always get bitched about how we get Paid a lot and barely do anything.

[@patrickrose4107]

Also VERY generous of you to assume he works 40 hours a week...

[@xblade149]

Here here brother ✊

[@OGimouse1]

Someone told me that the bigwigs like jim have 6 weeks of PTO, and 6 weeks of medical, and that they can earn comp time if they go over a certain number of hours. So, he probably works less than 40 weeks, even if you include weekends.

[@im2cxe4u]

Fast food doesn't normally pay 40 hour work weeks. Unless you're managerial staff you're getting part time hours. That's to avoid having to provide you with benefits of any sort.

[@wolfcat1998]

Wow, that Vietnam fraud case is crazy. If someone did that in the US, we wouldn't give them the death penalty. We'd elect them to government office.

[@uhohhotdog]

Some people would say even the president. I hear it bigly

[@richardprice5978]

at that level of exploit id say 20+ years to life of jail, average citizens wouldn't even be able or knowledge how to pull off that, defiantly more than just a fine as typical USA 🇺🇸 mindset's in past-cases

[@untitledproject1642]

if she owned 90% of shares in that particular bank, and, bad math here, majority of the population at sometime took out a loan, fell into a feedback loop of never keeping up with their payments, finding themselves being hounded by loan sharks, finding themselves out of a place to stay, out of a job, out of their mind cuz they're literally living on the streets like how do you quantify that to then possibly compensate, especially if they've done jail time, lost respect from their family friends and peers

[@KGarza2323]

Actually really loved how you covered that psychedelics section. Understanding both sides to everything is so important for any substances. Acknowledging risk is not a bad thing. The best decision here is providing information and then allowing each person to step forward in the direction that would most benefit them.

[@Y2Jerms]

Not only was that bad math, but its assumed that all fast food workers work 40 hour weeks.

[@Playingwithproxies]

Almost none can actually get full time hours

[@Reapor234]

Came here to say this. After high school, I was lucky to get 30 hours a week. Most days I only worked 5 hours, 5 days a week; and I was supposed to be full time.

[@Y2Jerms]

Exactly! Because of school, I could only work 1 day a week. And that's also just fast food. Retail and movie theaters are the same.

[@TheRunningLeopard]

@@Y2JermsTruth, I work at a theatre and my friends were shocked to hear that at most my hours get up to 36 hrs so then I (and other workers) don’t get protections and healthcare that we would otherwise qualify for.

[@franciscaguevara1611]

I was going to mention this... most companies keeping their employees part time, 20-25 maybe 28 hrs if you are a good employee... anything to keep the employee from getting health benefits

[@reachthroughreality]

When I was a kid my mom was investigated for child neglect a couple of times, because I had kinda shitty clothes, I was already on free lunch, never went on field trips, and a bunch of other things the busy-bodies in the school didn't like. That $500 (or even $200 back then) would have helped a lot. No exaggeration, it could have changed my entire life trajectory.

[@nyahtonks3914]

this!! there r some ppl that neglect children as an active choice, but so much of the neglect out there is bc of poverty. i have many friends that have been in that situation and it’s hard

[@boob72]

People who complain about min wage workers getting paid more whilst ignoring how much CEO's are getting paid, are clowns.

[@carlosvasquez6054]

What about the poor CEOs and their record breaking profits😭

[@notaspy1227]

Employees don’t deserve to be led by people so disconnected from reality.

[@kameronjones7139]

All the while Jess Watters does less than them while making ceo type money

[@steveremo474]

Won't SOMEBODY think of the capitalists!?

[@TheCyberFlint]

Imagine paying 20$ for a bigmac now that employees are getting paid. Thats whats coming, nobody wins.

[@Codemaster92163]

How can you be angry at a job that requires "no skill" when you don't even have a grasp of the basic maths required to perform said skill?

[@realtealcovers232]

What’s more insane is he thinks $40k is like this great income to live on in California. He is delusional

[@tessgonzalez]

Jesse couldn’t work in food service because he’s too stupid to make change

[@queenannsrevenge100]

⁠@@realtealcovers232even more, he at first assumed it would be “six figures” - as if he can’t even CONCEIVE of someone making less than a six figure salary. Shows you how out of touch he is with someone having to live “hand to mouth.”

[@akhnatenpage4854]

The idea that a job, something we recognize someone should actively do, should require skill for the person to be paid a liveable wage is crazy.

[@mattc17]

Shout out to all the next day morning viewers! It’s my get ready routine! Gotta start my day getting Phil’d in!

[@mattc17]

PS: I love yo faces

[@kikiohearts]

Same! Just got out the shower. Great way to start!

[@MissBonnieMcSquirrely]

haha yes! My wake and bake weekly routine with coffee while getting phil'd in

[@aggiefan88]

I’m 35 years old. I have worked fast food, in retail, as a janitor, 6 years in the military, and now in the nuclear field working next to some of the most powerful devices man has ever invented. Fast food was the most taxing on my mental and physical health out of everything I just listed. The day to day stresses of dealing with awful customers, sweating my ass off by a hot oven, and coming home covered in grease burns and smelling like pizza left me completely drained. And, doing that for federal min wage had me stressing about how I was going to afford my next volley of bills. Those stressors compound to an utterly hopeless outlook on life. People should be paid a living wage for that job. Fast food is skilled labor. Jesse Watters needs to be de-platformed and stripped of his wealth. Edit: "Taxing" and difficulty are two different things. A job can be easy and soul-crushing at the same time. The most difficult & demanding job I've had was while I was in the military. Here's the difference, it was rewarding. It kept me going for more while my out-of-work needs were met (food, healthcare, housing, pay, PTO, etc). Fast food has a net negative return on all fronts in terms of sustaining oneself. If you live in a state, like I did, where they make Fed min wage, then good luck relying solely on that for providing for yourself.

[@kritikal3172]

😂there's no way fast food work was more stressful than working with nuclear energy 😂😂😂

[@aggiefan88]

@@kritikal3172 a) never said energy b) I have stricter worker protections and much higher pay, so it’s less stressful than fast food in that regard

[@artemisameretsu6905]

​@kritikal3172 You don't have managers breathing down your neck, cutting your breaks or hours as they feel about you causing more financial concerns, impatient people able to verbally abuse you as they please while you have to smile and remain polite and occasionally getting physically assaulted or threatened with it for things like hashbrowns being on sale. And this is every shift all day long. So yeah, it's more stressful than a heavily regulated and white collar position.

[@mxmissy]

Yeah I used to work in fast food (wasn't a large company just a type of food) and got paid $20AUD an hour for three hours. I realised after I left how underpaid I was for how much stress I had, especially because I had to deal with shitty customers especially during the tourist seasons, it was hell on Earth. Now I still work in customer service but its all cold emails and yeah I deal with stress and rude customers, but at least I don't smell gross coming home and I'm being paid minimum wage. Just slightly more than when I worked at the fast food place.

[@isairodriguez8919]

Dude this is the biggest cap iv seen today

[@ripztubig4457]

I live with my aunt, and she has worked as a florist at a major grocery chain for over 20 years. When she started, minimum wage was $7. She now, after working there for 20 years, has been capped out at $17/hr for about 10 of those years. She was upset about minimum wages increasing to $15/hr because she argued that she worked a long time to get to $17 and now a teenager will start just $2 lower to her. The confusing part for me was how she wasn't mad at her company for only paying her $17/hr and mad because she felt the younger workers didn't deserve $15. Meanwhile, her company boasts record profits every year. It's this crabs-in-a-bucket type thinking that keeps us all from progressing. The excess wealth accumulation and consolidation from these companies needs to stop.

[@FoulMouthFishing666]

Nailed it!! I started at a couple places and was making more than dudes that were there for 20 years and every time I found that out I'd ask em why the fuck do you not go demand more or leave?? And they're all old and dumb so naturally they just accept the peanuts and do their job.

[@somethingsomething404]

She should apply to an actual florist

[@miri_707]

I think she is mad at the wrong people here… if anything she should fight for a raise.

[@arcrisz5]

I worked at Target when they increased their minimum to i think $15. I worked there 5 years and got the same as a new hire so i quit

[@ripztubig4457]

@@FoulMouthFishing666 100%! That's the Boomer mindset.

[@tinchick2]

"That job doesn't really require much." What is: 'Tell me you've never worked in the service industry without telling me you've never worked in the service industry.'

[@IFunny9000]

you ever installed a engine in a car ? that requires a lot skill Flipping burgers and asking for the people orders doesnt bud. Thats why the robots are going to take yall jobs and hopefully my meal at mcdonds will start going down instead of up. Speaking from someone who worked fast food before. get a skill and make yourself useful. The free market doesn’t care about your feelings.

[@MERCENARYTAO1]

Ad a person that worked at McDs in HS and college it really doesn’t require much. Pay has never been about the difficulty/physicality of the work you do. It’s based off how many people have the skill to do it.

[@ianrach1823]

So all six of us have decided we're paying separate checks, paying cash and could you make that snappy, we're in kind of a hurry.

[@IFunny9000]

@@MERCENARYTAO1 someone else with common sense:)

[@IFunny9000]

@@ianrach1823 oh nooo not me having to go to computer and pressing buttons wowww my life is really difficult a half ton engine just dropped on my foot now i have to go to er and might lose my foot. but oh nooo when I pressed the screen my nail broke. My life is soooo difficult. stop making little tasks so difficult

[@Negafly]

As someone who grew up in poverty, yeah we got investigated by child protective services a lot. My mum was caught between a rock and a hard place since she, at the time, couldn't work too many hours since she had 3 kids that needed day care that she couldn't afford due to not being able to work too many hours but couldn't work too many hours due to needing day care for her kids, and rinse and repeat to infinity. On top of my Dad at the time not supporting us financially for electricity or heat, I can definitely relate to the poverty and cpp investigations being related. My mum was basically forced to be negligent

[@faizahmohammedaruwa]

*_"FIVE MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR!?!?!"_* That had NO BUSINESS being as funny as it ended up being! 😆😂🤣

[@JoeyXeno]

Considering hasan is on about the same, it's even more funny.

[@Maximus213]

@@JoeyXeno Except he advocates for workers rights / unions :)

[@JoJo-oc8zf]

​@@JoeyXeno He definitely doesn't make no where near 5 mil a year

[@JoeyXeno]

His sub alone total around 55k a month if he's on the old plan, it's probably around 120k, that's not including bits, donations, sponsorships etc probably put his around 2 million to 3 million 🙂

[@JoeyXeno]

@@seneca998 he gets paid millions of dollars to tell you how stupid you are for not understanding his points 🙂

[@lizablee]

Anyone who thinks service workers don't deserve a living wage has never been a service worker. The most draining and difficult job I've ever had was working as a waitress at a massive restaurant.

[@lizablee]

​@@-Nickname-okay boomer

[@eduardocruz4341]

​@@-Nickname-yeah, but you worked in a different time... after Covid customers have become down right nasty to service workers.

[@jaidynbarnes3607]

@@-Nickname- you do realize the cost of living has DRASTICALLY changed since you were 20 right? the dollar has inflated over 200% since the 90's. Idk how old you are, but you should be old enough to know what inflation is and how it effects the economy, stop being dense.

[@MegaNymphia]

⁠@@-Nickname- you also just outed yourself as working it so many years ago that your $7 actually got you way farther than equivalent wages do today. you also able to pay off your college debt by working a couple summers? because that's how easy old folks had it back in the day and youre forgetting that dealing with the entitled old boomers is usually the worst part of the job. because of their entitlement, out of touch mindset, and aggressive behavior with those they deem as less than them. my job is in the medical field, but they are the same types of people that make any service job hell that involves dealing with customers or clients. thank you for your extremely convenient contribution as an example, sir

[@matt3570]

@@-Nickname- was probably easy since 90% of people have never even heard of a bojangles and judging by the reviews half of that 10% who have think it's pretty garbage chicken compared to a KFC or popeyes lol. So basically it was easy cause you worked at a place most people didn't want to eat, wild idea.

[@yvngdende]

The juice is, in fact, no longer loose.

[@myownheroisonlyme5721]

The Juice Has Expired.

[@dogydog247]

Aler alert 😂

[@importunoproducoes2318]

Erm, I'll have you know Betelgeuse Betelgeuse was announced recently, so the juice will soon be loose again.

[@sovcitwatch]

The juice is expired

[@NeverTooLoud]

@@importunoproducoes2318 He’s referring to one of OJ’s nicknames, which was The Juice. I believe he said “The Juice is loose” some time after his trial ended, but correct me if I’m wrong.

[@xIchikageKirax]

I definitely recommend the audible recording of Project Hail Mary. I'm not the biggest sci-fi fan, but I love all of the main characters and the science involved is palatable.

[@keithrobinson6183]

If you can't afford to pay a living wage, you don't deserve to stay in business. Minimum wage is literally saying "if we could pay you less, we would".

[@Epicfailer_]

As a former fast food worker who made their way to an assistant management position; it's crazy to me when people who talk for a living say that I wouldn't deserve to be paid when this guy wouldn't survive a single lunch rush.

[@SmokeyEdits]

100k a year between two people doesn't even buy a fucking house jesse

[@Anxiously_Living]

They don’t want us buying houses. They want to pay us Pennie’s and charge us nickels to rent the slums they rent out.

[@IFunny9000]

stay where ever you are we don’t want your beliefs here where the houses are somewhat affordable. I hope you know the way yall vote dictated the price of the housing :)

[@SmokeyEdits]

@@IFunny9000 show the jury on the doll where i give a shit

[@IFunny9000]

@@SmokeyEdits not my fault you lack braincells :)

[@RaisinBranBoy]

Really glad to see you talk about shroom detractors while being a past and current advocate. Glad to still watch after all these years

[@ThinkTinkh]

40k for people who get guns drawn on them because their customers can't deal with a minority giving them a discount sounds low 🤔

[@multicrafter639]

Jesse Waters needs to work at a McDonald's, off a major highway exit, near his city's major attraction, during peak tourist season, at lunch time. Then he can tell us how undeserving of a livable wage fast food workers are.

[@HyperWolf]

I know right? I live in California and even at 20 dollars an hour, I don’t think I’d work fast food here. It looks incredibly stressful and a lot of people are rude and entitled.

[@bradbender5353]

What’s more outrageous? An idiot making 5 million a year, or a hard working fast food worker making $20 an hour?

[@rastaoneeye]

I used your episode on lunchables to show my daughter on why we don’t buy them. Was the only way to make her believe that it wasn’t just us being parents trying to go against something she seen her friends eat. So thank you 🙏

[@fraliexb]

With the Jesse Watters comments, they say "oh no, raising salaries will make employers to layoff or go out of business." How about the CEO and board of directors taking a 40% pay cut to pay for the raises? How about if we profit 1 million less to pay for the raises? So frustrating as a member of "the working class," seeing everything blamed on the workers. Corporations are greedy AF, unless it's to benefit them...

[@InvaderMedia420]

yep, especially if the government is literally subsidizing them by paying their employees, food stamps, or any other form of government handout.

[@TheBlackwolf5011]

I keep saying it, but eventually its gonna stick. people who defend corporate greed and anti worker/consumer polices most be big fans of communism. when the workers don't own their homes, their vehicles, their games, music, movies, or even the paycheck they work tirelessly for. what do they have to lose? you want communism, steady as she goes.

[@BusinessSkrub]

​@@InvaderMedia420it's not the government subsidizing them, it's your taxes. Which is even worse, because not only are we getting fucked twice, but also it's a double insult because the corpos don't get taxed properly in the first place.

[@InvaderMedia420]

@@BusinessSkrub technically you’re right, but it feels like it’s affectively subsidizing the corporation. Also, can you explain how it being peoples taxes is more insulting, then subsidizing it because to me, I really don’t see the difference..

[@BusinessSkrub]

@@InvaderMedia420 it's essentially the same, but it feels worse because you know you paid for them to fuck around and not find out

[@t3tsuyaguy1]

When the minimum wage was created, it was meant to be a living wage. The idea is that no one that working 40 hours a week should be struggling to meet their basic needs. It was meant to be enough for a single person to afford a home and the living expenses of a family of four. So, we already have a serious problem as Congress has allowed the minimum wage to fall behind expenses along with everyone else's wages. The rise in the cost of living has dramatically outpaced what people are able to earn, working a single full-time job. The only thing worse than this absolute failure on the part of politicians to maintain the concept behind the minimum wage, is them raising it now, as if that will do anything. See, the real problem isn't how much people are making. It's the make-believe that governs how much things cost. Goods, services, and domiciles have grown in price in a way that is completely disconnected from reality. Homes are not _actually_ worth 300% of what they were worth 10 years ago. That ridiculous increase has been artificially created by corporate real estate companies. More importantly, the upper 20 percent of earners have managed to fraudulently increase their earnings in a way that allows them to afford the ludicrously inflated prices, and even drive them higher. The problem is wage theft. It's less about the how little the people at the bottom are making, and more about the completely unearned compensation of those at the top. As American productivity has increased, the value of that productivity has not been evenly distributed amongst the workforce. For no reason other than naked greed, the people controlling the books have taken all the value for themselves, even though they did nothing to earn such a large percentage of the profits. Congress could have intervened in this practice long ago. In fact, President W. Bush explicitly called this out during one of his State of the Union addresses, calling it outright shameful. Raising the minimum wage now, will do nothing without addressing the abuses of corporations. They have already manipulated the legislature to pass laws that funnel earning power to them and away from the working class. They will simply do that more. Prices will quickly rise, and people will be just as desperate. Only by repealing the mechanisms of control corporations have over the market, will we see a return to the days when people could reasonably earn a living by working a 40-hour work week.

[@JezebelIsHongry]

you were so close no, homes aren’t worth 300% more then a decade ago your currency has been debased wake up and stop pointing fingers at the wrong people: your issue should be with a private central bank with 1 federal appointment (the chair) and 12 private governors they have destroyed the value of your time and you focus on the wrong problem

[@t3tsuyaguy1]

@@JezebelIsHongry What you saying isn't actually at odds with my comment. Don't expect a youtube comment to be an exhaustive analysis of the American economy. Calm down.

[@TheImpolitelad]

With the Vietnam story the scale of the crime should be noted, that you’re looking at 5-10% of Vietnams GDP. Which is huge, equivalent to 2.5 trillion in the US. The amount of money she took is enough to economically cripple the country. That level of fraud kills people.

[@NerdSpartanPerson]

I believe it's more like 2% of GDP, but that's still an insane amount. Millions of Vietnamese live on incredibly low wages in poverty and somehow individuals are worth an actual whole percentage of the country's GDP. Shouldn't happen anywhere, especially a country that loves showing off the hammer and sickle in the streets of its cities.

[@kingofhearts3185]

@@NerdSpartanPerson The article on screen said she embezzled nearly 3% at 12.5 billion, and 27 billion in total. So it should be around 7%.

[@Jwitdaplays]

Even as an Alabama resident, the cost of living in my small town has skyrocketed over the last 5 years. The minimum price for a 1-2 story fully built home is 250,000$, which for me, a 25 year old making 16$/hr right now, is completely unreachable. It would take me saving a majority of my checks (which is impossible with my bills) for decades to afford a home of that price. I could always make payments, but they’re obviously thousands of dollars a month, with a massive down payment, and as somebody already living paycheck to paycheck essentially, I do not see myself owning a home within my life time, unless something drastically changes in my life regarding my career. It’s very disheartening knowing that if I wanted to leave Alabama one day, which I do, that I would probably get paid barely more, and would be paying more for my living situation as well. Sad times, y’all.

[@tiltedleft3306]

40k huh? Did anyone tell him the average cost of a studio apt in LA is 30k. Thats not adding in utilities , groceries, transportation, and internet bills.

[@mackysmacks]

The thing is $20/hr 40hrs a week makes LESS than $40,000 a year and that’s not your take home. It’s LESSSSSSS DUDE

[@jagerblue647]

Exactly. That’s not what you take home after taxes. It’s a good amount less than that.

[@uhohhotdog]

Pre tax it’s more 40 hours x $20 x 52 weeks = 41,600

[@austinh1028]

@@uhohhotdog but after just fed taxes... more like 36k, then take cali taxes at 6%, down to 33k

[@brittneybabeee4031]

@@uhohhotdogI don’t take pre tax into consideration when budgeting so why should people take it into account when they make comments as to whether or not I’m making “too much money” for what I do.

[@Serai3]

There are 52 weeks in a year, dude. 50 if your boss is nice enough to let you have a vacation.

[@daytime2150]

My wife works in the food service industry. She worked at some food chains and restaurants for about 6yrs and quit those to take a Barista job where the customers are a little more tolerable and her schedule is flexible. She heard about her McDonald’s $20 an hour increase and she still says she would rather stay at her Local coffee shop making less than go back to that soul sucking job. I remember her going through some tough mental trauma working In that type of environment. I remember her pain. I was so concerned for her mental state I didn’t want to leave her alone for too long, she would come home in tears sometimes. Fast food restaurants are the worst places to work at, those customers are some of most cruel selfish people. To anyone who touching it out for that $20 an hour, I wish you good luck and please always remember to focus on the happy memories outside of work! You brave soul!

[@sarajenivieve3419]

Neglect- there should definitely be different labels for different types of neglect because absolutely there are loving parents who fall under that label due to income. Being at work without child care, not having food or proper clothes due to income etc.

[@pinkkingav5142]

As a former fast food worker in california. The restaurants I used to work at would raise prices 2 times per year it did not matter if the minimum wage went up or not. I remember when they raised the minimum wage, they raised the prices and cut the hours. That's why I left the industry. I always get upset when I hear companies and people blame food workers, like if prices were not going to go up if we just stayed quiet.

[@msteerie]

I was neglected as a child & I promise you I would not have been if we had more money. I'm glad this study is being done.

[@gssbcvegancat2345]

Same my friend, the only issue I have is that it's restricted to African-American women. As a native American Indian child I can assure you it's much worse than people know. We literally had to eat dirt because we got so hungry we would eat tree farm and grass and dirt. And that is not a rare occurrence on the rez

[@Leukavia]

I live in Seattle and they recently implemented an ordinance to require food delivery apps to pay a minimum wage of $26.50 to their employees and rather than taking the financial hit, they’ve up-charged the consumers an extra $10-$15 dollars while lobbying to hell and back to try and frame the narrative as “Seattle is anti-consumer!” These companies would rather sink money into heavy lobbying than actually pay their employees and they’re able to get away with it because too many Americans see a minimum wage of $26.50 and just get upset as how little their “better” job is paying by comparison. The base Min Wage here is $20 and I definitely feel like there is a conversation to be had both in regards to the specific number they settled on and whether career-based minimum wages are even a good idea, but I feel like too many people misplace their anger and get mad at those less fortunate than them rather than realizing that “nah man, you should be getting paid more too”

[@ljaquos]

The problem there is that the buying power becomes irrelevant. Companies will never eat that because they're evil. Let's say you're working at an office with a degree making $20 and im working at Burger King making $12. I suddenly get a raise to $20 due to the new laws. Not only are we making the same with you having student loans now, but BK isn't eating the loss and raises the prices. Your office argues for higher wages successfully and goes to $28 an hour. Every other place does the same. Walmart ups their prices to not eat the cost, mechanics do the same, everyone does. Now you have the same buying power as before, if not less. And now we're all fucked. This doesn't work.

[@AllByEar]

Its really insane sometimes. When i tell my mom she should be making more money as a nurse or a para-social worker at a high school, she disagrees with me.. because i support everyone else getting paid more too? Lol Americans are taught that you only get ahead by getting ahead of others, who you are probably already ahead of in the first place 😵‍💫 #capitalism

[@daviddobarganes9115]

Theyre like childbrains, "mommy it's not fair, they should suffer like I suffer!"

[@tristenatorplaysgames6833]

@@ljaquosthe price you’re assuming exists among companies doesn’t exist. For companies paying a dollar more everything isn’t the end of the world considering that everyone else working there went 5 dollars up. I don’t know where your idea comes from. Also fast food workers already have too much work put on them as half their job is being replaced by robots meaning that they already do more work for less pay since they are the only people there.

[@Grace-ms7un]

So they are getting paid more than skilled laborors now? Thats not ok.

[@tonyruiz8999]

I am surprised your episodes are not on Spotify in audio format. Great work tho !

[@peepeevs]

I'll be real.. When I first heard about the 20 dollar minimum wage, I actually felt that was a bit high too. But then I was informed about the avarage rent in California, and I completely flipped to "Holy sh*t, 20 dollars is just the barest of minimums they could give them"

[@jamespaull5888]

I find it weird for any working class person to think the money any other working class person is making is too much for a job they aren’t themselves doing, or in general.

[@dinahmyte3749]

i work in HR at 19.64 an hour. I cannot afford a car and insurance in Texas. I have 3 roommates, take public transit, and every month debate which medications i can live without 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@angeladeluna]

You are underpaid even in Texas.

[@dinahmyte3749]

@@angeladeluna Yeah no fucking shit. that's kind of the issue.

[@RoseMagpie]

I think people are confusing neglect with abuse. Most people dont want to neglect their kids.. why should we punish those who are struggling out of fear of the CHANCE some might neglect their kids just to get this. But that then becomes abuse

[@martins2246]

it is creepy the way Jesse's brain works. He wanted to get to say "six figures" and that made him either forget 40x2=80 OR he is so much more psychopathic and chose to lie on a 20% rounding error.

[@elizabethcassidy8082]

As someone who literally cannot do simple math, I didn't even dare to take Phil's challenge. I agree, Jesse didn't care about mathematical facts.

[@coleyohley71]

That's a 25% rounding error, not just 20, though Jesse could never tell you that either.

[@kylel6180]

His base can't follow the math and he knows it.

[@baituljavid1238]

Correction: they do want to raise the price of the product, yet despite that, they still don’t want to raise the wages. The fact that companies are making more and more in profit while still keeping wages so low is criminal. Wages should have been above 20 if keeping up with inflation.

[@jamesbumgardner1469]

$25.50 if we wanted parity with wages in the early 70's if memory serves

[@klc8018]

Phil not mentioning HIS OWN OJ SIMPSON SONG is a travesty. "OJ is an idiot" by Philly D circa long time ago. Please reupload Phil! =(

[@Marie45610]

As a kid who was in temporary foster care, it sucks. I was 5 at the time, which was a long time ago more than 30 years, but it has stuck with me. It was one of the most traumatic times of my life. So anything that keeps more kids out of the system sounds like a win to me.

[@tessgonzalez]

I don’t understand how we justify removing kids because the parents can’t afford them & giving money to another family to care for them.

[@NickTemperistic]

@@tessgonzalezI agree but playing devils advocate here they’ll say if we give the child to a more financially stable home the neglect will stop.

[@blackcatpaintsandtwists]

​@@NickTemperistic except foster parents are not necessarily more financially stable. And I speak as a license fostercare parent. The best thing, no matter what, is to keep kids with their original parent. All statistics prove this to be true.

[@Kiputytto_minis]

My husband still hasn't told me everything that happened to him while he was in foster care as a kid and what he has told me was absolutely horrific. I don't wish foster care on anyone. I totally agree with giving struggling parents the means to take better care of their children if it means keeping them out of the foster system.

[@wmdkitty]

@@blackcatpaintsandtwists "No matter what"? So you... you're okay with leaving kids with abusive or neglectful (same difference) families, because it's "best"? No. Eff that. All too often, it's the family that's the entire problem, and the child would be better off literally anywhere else.

[@matthewlister3755]

RIP Norm MacDonald, who got fired from SNL for mocking OJ. My thoughts and prayers are with him and his family today.

[@TayMatty13]

Norm was a treasure ❤ 😢

[@xblade149]

Really? He got fired from SNL for mocking OJ Simpson?

[@evieshore3270]

@@xblade149 yup , he was warned and he just doubled down and wouldn't stop , classic Norm , sure miss him.

[@localmenace3043]

That Watters clip shows how doomed we are if _that_ is what our education system churns out. This isn’t even “cranky middle-aged man wants those damn kids off his lawn” anymore. I wish he would work six months at McDonalds starting at zero just so he can get an actual opinion on minimum wage.

[@Botan_Katou]

honestly, instead of 40 hours of volunteer work thats needed for high school, it should've been work like, minimum of 3 months at a customer service job of any type. It would've made people understand how much of a d-bag people can be.

[@localmenace3043]

@@Botan_KatouSeriously. Everybody should work a retail/customer service job at some point for a few months. Maybe it would teach some more empathy and humility.

[@leadpaintchips9461]

His opinion wouldn't change, because he _knows_ he'd get out of it.

[@LiannaLovelle]

In the UK full time is 40hrs. Some say 37.5hrs due to 30min unpaid 30min break. $41,600 a year is great. Its not too much and not to little. Especially people in debt, which covers most low income earners. That rich guy isnt in touch with reality! He earns SO much that he rounds up $80k to $100k 🤦

[@lordhosk]

It doesn't matter what you raise minimum wage to, if its not locked to inflation. Raise it to $15/hour it will sit there for the next 20 years, raise it to $20/hour it will sit there for the next 25 years... No matter what you raise it to, you have to continue to raise it. The problem is that minimum wage has stagnated for not years, DECADES.

[@KyleBoise]

If you can't afford to pay your employees a living wage, then you don't need to be in a business that requires employees.

[@virginiakingsford2232]

I have worked in fast food, banking and insurance. Three of the most HATED industries. At my fast food job I was assaulted (customer grabbed me and tried to pull me out the window), I was sexualized, and I was treated like shit by most of the customers. It was by far the worst job I had. I had death threats at the bank and I still stand by fast food was worse. I make 30 an hour now and even if I could make the same and go back? I wouldn’t.

[@LonelyParticle231]

Cool story, bro.

[@khaimk4r4su]

Automation and A.I. will take your burden off, fear no more

[@WatchDog7385]

@0:55 It's always disheartening how easily we dehumanize people. Especially those who display some sort of insecurity about their status or validation. As a whole, people don't want to see other people win and it's people like him who help feed into that mindset. But going on TV everyday and feeding information like this that just gets absorbed. And what is sad about it is there are probably going to be a bunch of people who saw that and still buy into what he said, which his words hold no merit. And for him to be able to be worth $5 million/year is also very disappointing because I can't think of anybody on media that is worth(deserving) that much compared to the people who we interact with and actually support us in our everyday lives. Like those in the food and/or service industry...or perhaps someone in medicine...a scientist, an engineer, people who build things, invent things or try to make things better with good intentions...a teacher who encourages us to seek beyond where we stand today. But people like him get paid $5 million/year to verbally project false or invalid information, baseless opinions or subjective points. Someone who holds no weight or value in the PROGRESS of human society. And alot of people of his status do that because without money...who would they be in this world? Although money or merit systems has always been a variable within the structure of civilization, people like him would be less than those who they try to keep under them.

[@erin.mp4]

About the Jesse Waters story, as someone who worked in fast food as their first job for a year and a half, I could only DREAM of that kind of rate for working that kind of job. There's the sexual harassment from not only customers but even coworkers as well, the constant kissing ass to the manager so you're not scheduled to death but enough to make money. I had an AWFUL experience working at McDonald's fresh out of high school so I am very happy they've decided to do this in California and hope other states on the East Coast take similar measures.

[@ronswanson1410]

It will only bring the robots in faster.

[@Zestal0]

For me, if the complaint from people is that the restaurant may shut down/go bankrupt. That's the restaurant's problem. If a business cannot function without paying their staff a livable wage, that business should rightly shut down.

[@hotarubinariko]

It's funny how they so desprately want a free market for everyone..... except they don't really want a free market, they want no regulation of the owner class. If you actually believed in a free market, then you'd believe these companies must die.

[@jonnymac8925]

Lol yah and then nobody has a job😂

[@JFortino]

Unfortunately, that would result in fewer and fewer jobs being available for a larger and larger number of people.

[@RedWhite1992]

Exactly! That's capitalism.

[@cheifareno4924]

true but 40k per annum shouldnt be a living wage, things are way too expensive these days and i dont mean the comforts im talking basics like food shelter heat and water

[@ajo8075]

I’ve never understood why the government takes kids from parents when the neglect is clearly caused by lack of money, then gives a complete stranger the money needed to take care of the children. I hope this program proves to be successful, keeps families together, and keeps kids out of the foster system.

[@lifewuzonceezr]

Agreed!!!!

[@dandylionsloth446]

Agreed, the fact they'll take the child and give that child to a stranger and pay that stranger over the parent is outrageous. Just give the parents the money so they can care for their child.

[@Flawlesslmperfection]

💯 so many times 'neglect' actually means 'the parent(s) didn't have enough money to feed the children' or 'the parent(s) didn't have enough money for childcare and had to choose between losing their job or leaving the children at home unsupervised'

[@Zenkai76]

Having been around foster kids it's usually not about the money it's about the POS parents ignoring their children so they can get drunk or high.

[@SlimJimZA]

I'm sorry but a psychologist saying there are "significant problems with the core body of work" is hillarious. Psychology has 70% replication failure rate of its core body of work 😂 My dad's a shrink. No doubt psychologists and therapists help people. I'm bashing the academics here

[@taylahl16]

As an Aussie who regularly watches your show. I appreciate the change to address Thursday afternoon/ Friday morning acknowledgement ❤

[@TeamRonify]

Same! -spain

[@marrrrrrrrrrrrry279]

I am in the US and usually watch the show getting ready for work the next day and was surprised to hear Friday morning

[@yeah_yeahwhatever]

The consumer doesn't have to pay. The corporate leadership could take a pay cut. Hell, they could probably cover it in a cut in bonuses.

[@leebishop7591]

Shout out to my fast food workers, THANK YOU for your service.

[@gabby3406]

Yes! ESPECIALLY the ones who can make burgers that look like burgers.

[@KoukiBuri]

Appreciate ya❤

[@Sp4dester]

Means a lot dude. Thx

[@leebishop7591]

@@KoukiBuri respect

[@leebishop7591]

@@Sp4dester respect

[@arturorodriguezii9353]

Only about 1/3 of fast food workers work full time. Even with that amount working full time the average fast food worker still only works 29 hours which is 27k a year. People working fast food still work two or more jobs because it’s not enough. Even more mind boggling saying that they would be making 6 figures when looking at it realistically

[@maryalicefike4704]

what is “crazy” about two working adults bringing in 80k a year if they are working full time? ESPECIALLY in california?!?!!?

[@m2hnj]

Right?? I live in Kansas City and it recently came out that for a single adult to live comfortably in KC, they would need to make $90k/year

[@lumisussy]

Why does it seem like some people think certain jobs shouldn't make a living wage? It doesn't make any ethical, social, or economical sense

[@all9472]

​​@@m2hnjI guess where like those old ppl saying back in my day a house was 1,000 usd and a chocolate bar was a Penny hahaha

[@Wandervenn]

Exactly, and then they blame a lower rate of people wanting to have kids on moral bankruptcy. Like no bitch, it's just actual bankruptcy.

[@JackCarsonite]

***Pre-tax, probably times by .65, low fed take due to lower income but Cali taxes filling in 10-15%. *$20 is about $27k take home at 40h/week/52w/yr.*

[@026Gonzo]

For the first story let’s not forget fast food workers are not full time employees. So they are probably making much much less than the 40k estimate they have.

[@hairydino4568]

I love that you called it the first story. We don't talk about OJ. 😂😂

[@026Gonzo]

@@hairydino4568 not in this house 😂

[@spasticfurchild]

And also they are more than likely not getting ANY benefits (healthcare, 401k, etc). I make less than $20/hr at my full-time office job but I also get benefits so to me, it balances out (at least I tell myself that).

[@026Gonzo]

@@spasticfurchild so many variables that people willing ignore to “prove” a point.

[@026Gonzo]

@@spasticfurchild so many variables people willing to ignore to “prove” a point.

[@5m4llP0X]

I live in Portland, I make $24 an hour, work 3x12s and cannot afford a studio that also includes a parking spot for my car in a neighborhood that isn't next to Gresham. I really don't think I'm asking for much, but apparently I am. $20 an hour is a reasonable starting point for the kind of BS fast food workers have to put up with, and when McD's CEO makes 19.2 million, it's well within that company's means.

[@Sun-diver]

Find a better job. Retail workers don’t deserve that much for selling trash. The minimum wage should be zero.

[@IFunny9000]

is it tho ? your skill labor isn’t valued in the market. Thats a sad reality but if your wages go up then your housing and other bills will go up. Its a never ending cycle. I suggest you try to develop a skill thats high valued such as plumbing or hvac or other blue collar or white collar skills. Fast food work is meant for teenagers not grown adults. $24 to make pizza or flip burgers is insanely good maybe dont live in 💩state that requires you to make 100k a year.

[@captaincvo]

@@Sun-diver insane take lol. i work less hard than any fast food worker at my current job and make way more. retail is infinitely harder than most high profile jobs and people just want to talk down on it because of a low barrier of entry. anybody working deserves at least the ability to survive regardless of career choice. since when did people become so heartless? I used to work HVAC and now work an office job for the feds and there's no universe where either of those were as mentally draining and spirit crushing as my first retail job. Why do you care more about the profits of billion dollar retail companies than the people working there? Do you just love bootlicking corporations? They make more than enough to pay a livable wage...

[@NWPaul72]

​@@Sun-diveryour parents are gonna see your comments and cut you off, Pillowmitts.

[@NWPaul72]

​@@IFunny9000your argument is wrong. If you need an hour s worth of labor, you need to pay an hour's worth of living wage. If your model counts on starving workers, you don't deserve to do business in America.

[@RockerCentauri]

I think people need to rethink what we call "neglect". The word itself implies that you're purposely denying/not providing essential care for the person/child/etc, but sometimes that isn't the case. If you're so broke you can't even afford to get transportation to and from work, and you're getting by on whatever you can scrounge up from dragging recycling to the scrap yard or turning in cans/bottles or whatever, and you're giving your kids the chance to eat first before you eat anything yourself; are you neglecting your kids or are you just poor and need some fuckin' help? People are all about inventing some new words to describe shit, why don't we come up for a word other than "neglect" to describe this kind of situation?

[@tiltedleft3306]

Oh, my 40k a year? That is so much!!! It's almost 12k away from not being considered below the poverty level!!!!

[@adamestrada7610]

It's even worse considering the poverty level (like many other things in US government) is highly influenced by corporate lobbying. They want that level low to justify not paying people more money. "You're above the poverty level, wHy Do YoU nEeD mOrE mOnEy???"

[@StyxYRenegade]

It’s sad that 40k isn’t officially considered poverty, because these days, it is.

[@Goirdy]

the $40K mark is assuming you get the full 40 hours. when I worked food service, managers would send us home the minute things started slowing down for the night. in a business-focused hotel restaurant around the holidays, this meant an average of 16-20 hours for the week as a "full time" worker.

[@gabby3406]

Businesses should not be allowed to promise hours only to cut your hours at the drop of a hat and reduce your expected compensation.

[@FlowWolf7]

Poverty brings stress to families and people overlook it and act like their actions are unreasonable. Life is complicated and not acknowledging people's circumstances makes it worse

[@elliotmurphy534]

Just want to point out theres a hidden third option. you can not pay your employees enough to afford food, raise prices so no one else can, or... REDUCE CORPORATE PROFITS but the poor wittle ceo might not get quite as big of a multi million dollar bonus that year. so thats out 😮‍💨

[@onenanana]

The $20 minimum wage story is akin to the money for child neglect story. Too many mothers get fined or penalized for just trying to survive... things like not being able to pay for electricity or have a fridge full of food: this is categorized as neglect. It's crazy. GIVE THE POOR PEOPLE MONEY!!!

[@feliciafelicia6965]

In my younger days I applied for McDonald's about 5 times before I was offered the job. When i finally got the job it was so hard, and I absolutely hated the work. I was fired in 2 weeks because I just couldnt keep up the pace. Fast food workers work so dang hard, pay them!

[@IFunny9000]

lol you just lazy

[@feliciafelicia6965]

@@IFunny9000 I wish I could say I was, I just have different talents. I manage a multi-billion dollar portfolio for one of the largest companies in the world. But nope, can't figure out a cash register to save my life.

[@martian14]

I was sent home to shave my second day for having too much stubble. I was given $20 after telling the manager I didn't have razors. I never went back and got $20 bucks on top of the pay for that day 😅

[@thedreadedlock]

The worst part about food service wages not increasing is that prices of food have increased.

[@r-man1312]

What people tend to leave out of the convo about min wage is the increased cost to a business is only half the equation. They might have to pay more for labor but suddenly a lot of workers have more money in their pocket to spend on their goods and services. Every raise in minimum wage we have ever had saw the increase in labor costs get matched by an increase in labor spending, resulting in minimal shifts in inflation and/or unemployment. The biggest effect of raising the minimum wage is that it prevents wealth pooling in the pockets of those who are already very wealthy

[@YCCCm7]

OJ Simpson was schedule for surgery a while ago, but unfortunately it had to be canceled because the surgeon's gloves wouldn't fit.

[@ManderzArl]

Omg I giggled hard at this.

[@meganisaverageheight]

I’m currently a Sociolgy PhD student, and I teach an undergraduate sociolgy class. Poverty contributes to almost every single social problem I teach about. If providing extra money to struggling parents can keep children safe and families together, then I believe we should do that.

[@bensteinhauser784]

Legitimate question, why does the Ukraine draft law not include women in the draft? Is it just the historical precedent or is it something else? Doesn't seem like there's any restrictions on women joining the military voluntarily and it would literally double the pool of people they were drafting from. (This is not intended to be ragebait or suggest that Ukraine should draft women, I am just curious and didn't find anything online)

[@AriKhuu]

The thing about the Vietnamese tycoon death penalty is the fact that the government makes it sounds like she is THE most and only corrupted rich person in the country. Others, including government officials, who cannot possibly afford their assets in government salaries, are conveniently swept aside by the Vietnamese media.

[@yolooo5081]

You know there are 80+ people sentenced. Including one government official who got a life long sentence? That isn't even including all the people outside of these 80-90 people, who had step down from their positions due to the crime of ignorant when shit taking place under them.

[@ericboswell7439]

Phil, another reason the tip option is becoming more common is because it means the credit/debit provider (interact, square, etc.) gets more money from their service fees. A lot of them have made it a default on their equipment. If they can get you as the customer to tip 10% or more on each transaction, that means more revenue for them.

[@gwenmolina4547]

As a Californian, I still don't think the minimum raise goes far enough. Everything out here is RIDICULOUSLY expensive from housing to gas to food. Lest we forget that $40k a year is GROSS pay & not NET pay. How can we expect people to work these jobs when they can't afford to live anywhere near them?? Jesse Watters and all his ilk are a blight to society.

[@solid5356]

That's how you make a bad situation even worse. The price of everything goes up, layoffs happen, or both. And since these people haven't shit with their lives no one else will hire them either because all the jobs that don't require any skill will be facing the same thing.

[@rhorantyko7796]

As someone who has spent their life in two mid-size cities that top the poverty rates nationally, I want to contextualize that $20/hr is still just an ok standard of living for a household of 1 here. This idea that paying workers enough to live where they work is "socialism", falls apart completely when you look at the ever-increasing profit of these massive parent orgs vs. the reality that they often aren't paying enough for their workers to be above the poverty line in their state. Minimum wage workers don't see increases in their wages relative to the revenue they generate, so it's little more than cruelty and manipulation that these companies have successfully planted the idea that they can't "afford" to pay for their workers to live.

[@ChardeeMacdennis339]

Anyone who has ever been a server (🙋🏻‍♀️) knows that it is absolutely soul sucking work. It’s physically demanding and you deal with entitled a$$holes all day long. People see someone working in a restaurant and they don’t take into consideration all the hard labor that goes into those jobs. You’re not only serving people; you’re often taking out insanely heavy trash, cleaning bathrooms, mopping floors, sweeping, doing dishes…. The list goes on and on. It’s hard work. Period.

[@nsbd90now]

Waiting tables is actually considered one of the more high-stress jobs.

[@Sellesion]

​​@@nsbd90now Yah there have been studies on it! And all that manual labor that goes on behind the scenes that customers don't see (to add some more: unpacking heavy boxes of dried goods, taking an hour inside a freezer to do inventory, loading and shelving cases of liquor, deep cleaning mold out of fridges, late nights doing weird shit like de-scaling the water feature.) It's all in ADDITION to verbal abuse, irregular work schedules, sexual harassment, cleaning up customers puke when they drink too much because they pre-gamed, and even sometimes physical assault. Hell, I was even effectively doxxed on a bad Yelp review once. You take psychic damage when your mother in law calls you about how she read your name in an absolutely disgusting review packed full of lies online. 🙃 I haven't felt happy coming home from work in years.

[@FrankYammy]

Servers are the entitled ones😂they always think they deserve a tip

[@ChardeeMacdennis339]

@@FrankYammy 🙄 you sound like a gem

[@ChardeeMacdennis339]

@@FrankYammy I can’t tell you how many people I have had be so mean to me while serving for absolutely no reason… I was a server all during the height of covid. It was miserable. People got so freaking mean. I cried many times in our walk in fridge. Just trying to suck it up so I could go put on a happy face and keep serving people. It’s a thankless job a lot of the time.

[@aj_12x23]

Just so we are all clear, when we increase the minimum wage, the options are not just limited to either "lay off some workers" or "raise the price of the products/service". That implies that the only two financial factors a business ever has to consider is the cost of paying hourly workers and the cost of the product. It is an indisputable fact that any company that makes a profit can pay workers more without raising prices at all - they just have to choose to invest that profit into maintaining a happy, healthy, and committed labor force, instead of corporate executive salaries and bonuses. Profit is just extra money, it can go towards anything, including adequately and fairly compensating laborers for the value that their labor created for the company. Corporate shareholders, boards of directors, and executive managers collectively rejoice every time wage laborers are manipulated into throwing other wage laborers under the bus because they forget that hourly workers aren't the only people a corporation pays - there are other pockets that can be pulled from and they are much, much deeper. CEO salaries are not an inevitable and unchangeable cost of doing business. Under the economic principle of supply and demand, they don't actually have to be paid that much because aspiring CEOs aren't in short supply by any means and they really are not special. If one guy can claim to be the CEO of multiple companies, it's hardly a full time job, is it? Shareholders can and should get paid last because owning capital is not labor and having wealth is not in-and-of-itself a skill. Please don't let nepo-babies with participation-trophy MBAs trick you into thinking that you, as a wage-laborer, carry any less risk than a business owner if the business fails. Wage workers obviously lose their jobs when a business goes under but, again, owning a business isn't really a job. The owner just loses the privilege of making a living by skimming off of profits made from other people's labor and, at the absolute worst, has to return to being a wage-laborer themself. They are not worse off than any of the workers and you don't need to feel bad for anyone who loses an empire that was built by mooching off of the value other people created through legitimate work. Workers deserve all of the value their labor creates and they deserve to share in ownership of the companies whose success they overwhelming contribute to. That's my anti-capitalist rant for this episode. Working class people deserve better. Please don't spend your life allowing yourself to be exploited just to chase a fantasy where you might one day get to exploit other people. No one at the executive level is working even twice as hard as you, much less 100 times as hard; you do not have to let them devalue your labor so grotesquely by structuring your comparative pay as though an hour on the golf course contributed 100 times as much value as an hour of the work that you do. Go watch A Bugs Life and then talk to your coworkers about getting paid what you deserve.

[@benjiakre-hill5961]

This was so well put I could both laugh and cry. Probably at once. Especially where you posit that there aren't simply two avenues to financially cover wage increases. It's just been the norm for so long that C-Level officers somehow deserve base-million-plus-bonus salaries that we forget how very replaceable they are as well. :) Hear, hear!

[@ljaquos]

I mean could they eat it, yes. But they won't. Any law that doesn't allow them to do those two options is "anti capitalist" and companies are evil so they will never eat it. Eventually you have to play the hand you're dealt.

[@Echelon730]

A death sentence for $27b in fraud, man the veitnam courts would wipe Wall St in a day with that math. I don't support the death penalty, but this is a rare case of a rich asshole losing, so I am conflicted

[@bobbob1730]

I'm fine with it not being a death sentence but it should be proportional. For example in California, theft of $950 becomes a felony and is up to 3 years. Then if an employer commits a total of 100k of wage theft (overtime violations, stolen breaks, ect.)they should be in prison for up to 300 years. Can't do the crime, don't do the crime