[Oatka]

Maybe our economy has evolved or devolved but fast food joint jobs were not intended to be a lifetime career path. Something is wrong if an adult in his or her late 20s, 30s, 40s is still working in fast food.... and demanding a living wage. This is the real problem and maybe we should be asking why.

The Powers That be encouraged shipping good-paying jobs overseas, replacing our well-paid techies with H1Bs, and winked at cheap illegal labor pouring across our border.

Result: A hollowed out middle class, too many educated young people for too few well-paid jobs. What to do? Raise the wages of low-paid unskilled jobs.

Been working for years, so now that's the only alternative.

[dhs12345]

Exactly. But it can’t sustain itself. Merit based increases make sense. Across the board, everyone gets one, doesn’t.