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big macs aren't $20 in Australia...
Serious question: How on earth could anyone oppose a policy that would effectively give low-skilled workers (workers who barely make enough money to feed themselves, let alone a family), higher wages? After all, we live in difficult economic times, and it doesn’t seem wholly unreasonable that individuals working in low-skilled jobs should be entitled to a minimum, universally agreed upon standard of living. And indeed, as you might expect, this isn’t by any means an unpopular idea: According to a recent Gallup poll, almost all the Democrats -- and precisely half the Republicans -- surveyed would vote “for” a proposal...
Yes, even if they are "just" slinging hamburgers. I knew an immigrant woman who had only 3 years of formal education and was sadly barely literate, but she could do the work of three people when she worked with me at my first job (Wendy's).
I would say she single handedly brought in $4000/day.
Do you think they paid her more for it? No. Why? Because she couldn't make them.