| "Sure. No problem. They'll just have no job. And you can continue to believe that." Ahh yes, the old, "You must lick the boots of your corporate masters for seeing to bless you with a few crumbs!" argument. It has never, ever held water. "Amazon does not have extra money from sales to raise wages with." That is a complete and utter lie. "Their retail business runs at a loss actually. Raising wages would make things even worse." The business as a whole, which is built on top of the retail business, is quite profitable. Them deciding to run retail at a loss does not change things. "That's not what short changing is" Yes, it is. "There is no magic fairy that can go around giving people money, as you seem to think "just give them more money"." Nobody is asking for a "magic fairy." They're pointing out that it's extremely unconscionable that the richest man in the world cannot afford to pay his workers a living wage. "There's a reason we tell students to finish high school, and go to college or a trade school - to avoid these kinds of jobs." And the people who don't have much choice should just go to hell? Seriously, what is it with this idea that people who weren't able to get an education, for whatever reason, don't deserve to be treated with dignity and respect? |