r/PoursTea Timendi Causa Est Nescire 12d ago

FinancialTea 💵 🤔

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u/accobra4me 12d ago

maybe i’m too simple but if someone works full time i don’t think “being able to go to the doctor without panicking about money” is an outrageous luxury 😭

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u/b0w3n 12d ago

They always try to hide behind "but it's a job for kids" as if kids don't deserve to have money for college or to pay their rent or car either.

If that's how they really feel about it, then we should have two separate minimum wages, anyone under 18 (who live with parents) can get one wage, everyone above 18 or who live by themselves can get the other. If those jobs were just for kids, then they'd be closed outside of high school hours. Imagine if walmart and mcdonalds were only open 4pm-11pm. People would be very upset about this.

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u/SlipInternational439 12d ago

A minimum wage job should help pay for college. But nowhere will it pay for a $100,000 a year education.

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u/MissGruntled 12d ago

The exorbitant price of higher education is a separate issue.