[stuck_in_new_orleans]

“It’s real difficult because I got to support a wife and four kids, and $8.75 just can’t make it,”

Get a real job you pathetic loser

[NY.SS-Bar9]

Get a real job you pathetic loser

Unfortunately, we have outsourced most of our "real" jobs. Manufacturing was at one time the wealth creation engine of our economy. The opportunities for a semi-skilled worker to earn a living through some hard work and a little OT have greatly diminished, especially in the NY area.

Manhattan was, at one time, packed with clothing manufacturers. Brooklyn had shipyards. Factories flourished in Queens and the Bronx.

They were all taxed and regulated to elsewhere and what's left isn't very good.

This guy may be a pathetic loser, but not everyone working these jobs is. At least they are working.

We should be less callous about the situation.

[cuban leaf]

“It’s real difficult because I got to support a wife and four kids, and $8.75 just can’t make it,”

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I worked at Shakeys for $1.90 an hour. I wanted more money so I went to drafting school. Then I got $5.75 an hour. I wanted more money so I went to COBOL programming school. Then I moved to $6.75 and peaked at $125 an hour.

If someone want’s more money, they make themselves more valuable - or get used to driving an old Vega.