Well, I know I'm going to get a lot of shit for it, but...this is exactly what liberals were fighting for with living wages back during the 2016 presidential campaign. It was one of HRC's platforms, and conservatives went absolutely apeshit over it, saying exactly what you said Boomers say, that working at McDonalds is for high-school kids and that paying people $15/hr to make burgers was going to cause society to collapse.
I agree 100% with you. Just thinking about how things have developed in regards to our stances on living wages and health care, since 2016. I'm not sure why things have gone this way. Probably so many people losing their job supplied healthcare during covid, and then getting sick....and needing healthcare. I've seen a big change in viewpoints of for-profit healthcare amongst conservatives since then. And maybe Biden fucking up the economy so much and inflation hurting so many people so much made people realize the need for actual living wages.
But maybe I'm way off. I'd love to hear some theories on this from others.
Well, I know I'm going to get a lot of shit for it, but...this is exactly what liberals were fighting for with living wages back during the 2016 presidential campaign. It was one of HRC's platforms, and conservatives went absolutely apeshit over it, saying exactly what you said Boomers say, that working at McDonalds is for high-school kids and that paying people $15/hr to make burgers was going to cause society to collapse.
I agree 100% with you. Just thinking about how things have developed in regards to our stances on living wages and health care, since 2016. I'm not sure why things have gone this way. Probably so many people losing their job supplied healthcare during covid, and then getting sick....and needing healthcare. I've seen a big change in viewpoints of for-profit healthcare amongst conservatives since then. And maybe Biden fucking up the economy so much and inflation hurting so many people so much made people realize the need for actual living wages.
But maybe I'm way off. I'd love to hear some theories on this from others.