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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
You are arguing examples of people who are not capable of improving, in this case due to external circumstance. As I said, our social safety net should be offering ways to help them move forward.
As to the rest of your post, technology has been replacing jobs for centuries. New jobs take their place. Just another reason why one should never be satisfied with low value "careers" - technology picks low hanging fruit.
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I very highly doubt anyone working within these conditions would consider themselves to be "satisfied", and if there are, they would be in the vast minority. Comments like that make it seem like the only obstacle to them leading a fulfilled and successful life, and having the opportunity to provide the same for children, is that they won't leave their job to pursue something better. Even for single people with good to great jobs this is a difficult transition. For people with families, it doesn't matter how affluent you are, that move is difficult. Now you're asking people who are consistently on the losing end of everything, coming home every week with less than the week before, owing the bank for this, a friend for that, a family member for this, wondering what excuse they are going to use this time, and who they are going to pay back and who they are going to short change, because they have to, to just pick up and make a better life for themselves. How are they supposed to do that as things exist now? As jobs they are qualified for disappear. Get better qualifications? How? Get better educated? How? Relieve their debt? How? Properly care for their kids? How?
I know you've acknowledged that the social safety net should be taking care of this, but what do you think that should mean? Everyone agrees there should be some sort of a safety net, but to what degree tends to be where political and socioeconomic lines are drawn. So what do you think should be provided by that safety net and how? I've acknowledged that the minimum wage is not the answer, but then the only other option is more tax, and an effort to expand the safety net while streamlining the current processes and I doubt that's in your cards either.
As for the dismissive nature of the low-end, fine. But don't be surprised or offended when the "left" is seemingly equally dismissive of the current O&G job market with the same sort of "too bad, so sad" attitude.