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The minimum wage was enacted to provide all citizens with a basic quality of life, including food and housing. Full stop. Everything after your incorrect statement is irrelevant as it is founded on an untrue principle.
My bad. I never knew a 16 year old working at a fast food outlet was supposed to support a family. I formally apologize as a white colonial male with priviledge
You say that as if the majority of minimum-wage earners aren't, and haven't always been, adults. Go read a book.
They don't read. It hurts their brain to try
sTuDeNts sHoUlD wOrK tHroUgh cOlLeGe tO cOmE oUt dEbT fReE
Also
sTuDeNts sHoUld mAkE sLavE wAgEs cAUse tHeyRe yOunG.
Did you know McDonald's workers in Denmark make over 20 an hour AND the food is cheaper than in the states?
This is the same logic my old man has. I like to ask him if his breakfast is being made by a 16 year old on a school day.