Originally Posted by
Karl Brogger
Huh. I was in Shell Lake a couple of weekends ago, and about a month before that. I race catamarans, and one of the races is on that lake. Nice area.
Nobody in this country is willing to work for $2.75 an hour anymore. The minimum wage shouldn't even exist. Employees should be paid for what they do, not some arbitrary number. If an employer can't find or keep people maybe he should be paying more. If he can't afford to pay more, then he needs to charge more. If you can't figure out how to do either of those, then maybe its time for a career change, (I know I've kicked around option three a few times). Employment like anything else is market driven, both ways. Shortage of people, then wages go up and the other way around.
I don't know what the solution is to manufacturing jobs being moved out of the country, but the USA is a very expensive place to live. Not having a vehicle isn't a choice for the bulk of the population. Home prices are still pretty high even after the market has taken the hit it has. It really is tough to get by on your own and make less than $30k a year. Throw kids on top of that, or just starting out in life and its alot to handle. Another problem is everyone expects everything now, and doesn't expect some hardship along the way.