>>>> If you work 40hours a week you should be able to afford these things. Today you can not.
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>>>Depends what your skill is.
>>>Some jobs weren't ever meant to be a "career".
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>>So your belief is that just because you have a full time job doesn't mean it should pay enough to live off of? Or am I mistaken here?
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>Right.
>It depends on your skill set.
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Well then we have a fundamental disagreement. It's not possible for everyone to have a job with a high level skill set or even go to college. Personally I don't think it's right to toss these people under the bus, they should be able to survive on their full-time job's income. Companies (and society) have a responsibility to ensure that their workers earn enough to live on. If a firm can’t pay its workers enough to live on, then it isn’t a viable business, because it is dependent on wage subsidies.