Conservative

What a load of corporate cock sucking drivel...

Rising wages are a great thing when they are the natural result of workers becoming more productive

Oh yeah, I agree, a great thing, but then why

From 1979 to 2020, net productivity rose 61.8%, while the hourly pay of typical workers grew far slower—increasing only 17.5% over four decades (after adjusting for inflation https://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap/

Well I guess because

Starting in the late 1970s policymakers began dismantling all the policy bulwarks helping to ensure that typical workers’ wages grew with productivity. Excess unemployment was tolerated to keep any chance of inflation in check. Raises in the federal minimum wage became smaller and rarer. Labor law failed to keep pace with growing employer hostility toward unions. Tax rates on top incomes were lowered. And anti-worker deregulatory pushes—from the deregulation of the trucking and airline industries to the retreat of anti-trust policy to the dismantling of financial regulations and more—succeeded again and again. https://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap/

But, but, who could have pushed for these policies that deliberately devalued labor in America and reduced workers rights?

The Heritage Foundation, sometimes referred to simply as "Heritage,"[1][2] is an activist American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1973, it took a leading role in the conservative movement in the 1980s during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, whose policies were taken from Heritage Foundation studies https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heritage_Foundation

So rising wages are a great thing when it's the natural result of more productivity, but the heritage foundation has spent the last 40 years making sure that wages don't naturally keep pace.

Now the heritage foundation is trying to convince you that workers are better off with lower wages, happier when they can't afford healthcare or pay rent, and more fulfilled when they work two jobs but are always on the brink of homelessness. Don't be fooled.

The author is basically saying you should be a slave until you get a good job. Can’t say I agree with this opinion piece.

the minimum wage can’t support a family. But minimum-wage jobs are important stepping-stones, allowing workers to gain experience and move up to higher-paying jobs.

The article is suggesting to just stop being poor by getting a higher wage job. What if the person can't? No family for you?

Banning bobafuttbucker because he posts when you won't is a coward's move. He's the only one who pretends this is a legitimate community.

Minimum wage is a crappy way to improve wages. The better option are well regulated trade and labor unions, and mandatory labor representation. But since this is America, we've got a minimum wage, and that's about the best we're going to get.