[MuffinFlavored]

> Wages are inversely correlated with how hard you actually have to work, perversely

You are right.

Why are cooks + janitors paid so little? Because that's their worth to the economy. A ton of people are willing to do that job because it is an "easy skill" with a low barrier of entry.

How do we get unskilled labor on STEM paths? I totally understand unequal opportunity not allowing everybody the same options, but at what point do we say "people aren't created equally, most cooks/janitors wouldn't be great engineers for reasons X, Y, Z"

Are the reasons because they never had the chance, or is it genetic?

[wcarron]

This is a completely separate discussion. I originally refuted your (completely asinine) quip about people who "do the minimum and be rewarded".

The rest of your comment is social-darwinistic horseshit based on nothing but prejudice and ignorance. Good day.

[MuffinFlavored]

I was poking at the fact that a lot of people want to give $8/hr workers $15/hr minimum wage.

What does that mean for all of the $12/hr workers now? What about the $16-$17/hr workers? Do they get raises too?

Do we just flat out raise all wages 50% overnight?

Society values X jobs at $8/hr. Bleeding hearts value them at $15/hr. Where's the middle ground?

[anigbrowl]

Please don't be a sealion. It doesn't make for productive discussion. Disagreement is one thing, but aggressively peppering people with questions until they get annoyed with you is not conducive to mutual understanding.

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