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Originally Posted by Resurrection
Race to the bottom continues. More decent paying jobs at risk, and so many here so quick to clamor and say "lock em out and have businesses bid on it". Great, now we can have people on minimum wage delivering and sorting out mail. What can go wrong?
I'd love to see some of your reactions if someone came in to your place of work and offered to do your job for minimum wage. But I guess everyone here is a Doctor or Lawyer right? Everyone here is completely irreplaceable?
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I just wanted to comment on this because its a conversation I have with my kids. I understand the sentiment that people in minimum wage jobs work really hard (I worked for minimum wage for years!) I get that people want things done cheap but to me it does come down to how replaceable you are and what skills you bring to the job. I've delivered flyers, had a paper route as a child and was paid horribly for both of those jobs, literally because anyone can do it. That's how things work in the world though. Top athletes get paid top dollars because they can do things that not many others can do. Same with top lawyers, doctors and entertainers. Basically that is how things work in any field; if you're not replaceable or not easily replaceable then you command a larger salary and better benefits and perquisites.
I'm not sure why the post office is above that either. Is it important that we get our packages and mail? Sure. Should we pay a great wage, full benefits and DB pension for that service for people...well I guess that is debateable in my mind.