On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 17:23:41 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm,
(Doug Miller) quickly quoth:

In article , "Percival P. Cassidy" wrote:

But whether it's Wal-Mart, HD, Lowe's, or Joe's Building Supplies, I
think it's a disgrace that the wages for a 40-hour week (or perhaps even
a 50- or 60-hour week) are not enough to put a roof over the worker's
head, put food on his/her table, meet the costs of transportation at
least to and from work, and cover health-care costs --at least not in
any place reasonably fit for human habitation.

(Would you be happier in a more Socialist country, Perce?)


Well, that's what happens to people that don't have a college education...

What everyone in this type of discussion seems to be forgetting is
that a minimum wage job -doesn't- stay there. Every employee who isn't
braindead (or attitudinally challenged) is given raises and ends up
making more money each few months or year. If they choose to go
elsewhere and start over at minimum wage, that's their option.

The vast majority of today's poor aren't tomorrow's poor. They usually
work up the ladder and make more money as they go.

Yes, HD and Wally World have problems, but I still like both stores.


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