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1. Kenny Blankenship (dw2@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Mar-2023 13:29:09 JST Kenny Blankenship
   Just wanna point out that $19/hr isn't shit today given the real inflation rate (probably over 15%), and that these are the only type of jobs that are readily available.
   
   You want a job that actually offers a living wage? Those disappeared right about the same time pensions did.
   • :sonnenrad: ✝️ Wisconsin_Kraut ✝️ :sonnenrad: (wisconsin_kraut@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Mar-2023 13:33:13 JST :sonnenrad: ✝️ Wisconsin_Kraut ✝️ :sonnenrad:

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     @DW2
     >more than I make as an EMS worker
     >more than I make as a forester
     >more than I make as a firefighter
     
     I suppose the free market has decided a chicken sandwich is more important than health and buildings that are not on fire
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   • Kenny Blankenship (dw2@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Mar-2023 13:34:55 JST Kenny Blankenship

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     • :sonnenrad: ✝️ Wisconsin_Kraut ✝️ :sonnenrad:
     @Wisconsin_Kraut I know this was meant as a joke, but given the country's decline I'm pretty sure you're right
   • Floyvid Ninesneed (floyvid_ninesneed@geofront.rocks)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Mar-2023 13:35:09 JST Floyvid Ninesneed

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     Boomers bitching about rising wages (not rising to match inflation though) always gets me. "$19 an hour to flip burgers! Outrageous! They should be paying an illegal immigrant slave minimum wage for that!"
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   • Kenny Blankenship (dw2@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Mar-2023 13:35:31 JST Kenny Blankenship

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     • Floyvid Ninesneed
     @Floyvid_Ninesneed To the boomercon, it's always 1985
   • Smirking (smirking@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Mar-2023 13:36:10 JST Smirking

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     • :sonnenrad: ✝️ Wisconsin_Kraut ✝️ :sonnenrad:
     @DW2 @Wisconsin_Kraut Imagine how many buildings will be aflame if niggers don't get their chicken
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   • ❄️:padoru: SantaSnekFriend :padoru:❄️ (supersnekfriend@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Mar-2023 13:36:59 JST ❄️:padoru: SantaSnekFriend :padoru:❄️

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     @DW2 You definitely don't want these "$19/hr" jobs anways. They will drain your soul and can kill you.
   • Kenny Blankenship (dw2@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Mar-2023 13:36:59 JST Kenny Blankenship

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     • ❄️:padoru: SantaSnekFriend :padoru:❄️
     @SuperSnekFriend Oh believe me, I know
   • Kenny Blankenship (dw2@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Mar-2023 13:39:44 JST Kenny Blankenship

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     • Smirking
     • :sonnenrad: ✝️ Wisconsin_Kraut ✝️ :sonnenrad:
     @Wisconsin_Kraut @Smirking Or just round them all up, throw em all in Detroit then douse the city in napalm (would be a classic case of addition by subtraction)
   • :sonnenrad: ✝️ Wisconsin_Kraut ✝️ :sonnenrad: (wisconsin_kraut@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Mar-2023 13:39:45 JST :sonnenrad: ✝️ Wisconsin_Kraut ✝️ :sonnenrad:

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     • Smirking
     @Smirking @DW2
     I think we should just pay some justices of the peace to deal with the niggers
   • Tadano Hitohito (tadanohitohito@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Mar-2023 13:41:01 JST Tadano Hitohito

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     @DW2 I was paid less than this when I was working as an engineering intern in 2021. Holy crap inflation is out of control!
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   • Kenny Blankenship (dw2@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Mar-2023 13:42:24 JST Kenny Blankenship

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     • Tadano Hitohito
     @TadanoHitohito Whaddaya mean goy, haven't you seen the latest numbers? Inflation is goin down!
     
     - some wall street criminal heeb on CNBC probably
   • D00B ⛄ :blobcatsanta: (d00b@seal.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Mar-2023 13:42:43 JST D00B ⛄ :blobcatsanta:

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     @DW2 it is over 15% they changed the math to make it around 50% less than the actual number.
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   • :sonnenrad: ✝️ Wisconsin_Kraut ✝️ :sonnenrad: (wisconsin_kraut@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Mar-2023 13:42:49 JST :sonnenrad: ✝️ Wisconsin_Kraut ✝️ :sonnenrad:

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     • Smirking
     @DW2 @Smirking
     That would actually raise property values in Detroit
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   • :Christmas_kitty_bell: LovecraftEnthusiast :shyduck: (lovecraftenthusiast@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Mar-2023 13:45:35 JST :Christmas_kitty_bell: LovecraftEnthusiast :shyduck:

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     “You need to get paid $19 an hour to flip burgers?” Isnt the own boomers think it is. Yes stupid boomer your generation shipped in all these migrants while proposing bat shit insane monetary policy.
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   • Tadano Hitohito (tadanohitohito@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Mar-2023 13:49:21 JST Tadano Hitohito

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     @DW2 Not only are they criminals, they're completely out of touch with what the average American is facing. Tell that shit to my weekly grocery bill lmao.
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   • Judge Dread :verified: (judgedread@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Mar-2023 22:52:43 JST Judge Dread :verified:

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     @DW2 $19 in 2022 is allegedly $6.81 in the year Marty McFly began his voyage through time, but I don't believe the fed's inflation numbers. It's a lot worse than that.
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   • mmmfeet (mmmfeet@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Mar-2023 22:52:52 JST mmmfeet

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     • :spinnenrad: Festivegoat :spinnenrad:
     @Eiregoat @DW2 In the 1980s, waiting tables was enough to afford a safe one bedroom apartment and a car. Hell, you could pay off college by working one summer as a babysitter. It might have well been a completely different time but boomers are perpetually stuck in that headspace
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   • :spinnenrad: Festivegoat :spinnenrad: (eiregoat@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Mar-2023 22:52:53 JST :spinnenrad: Festivegoat :spinnenrad:

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     > You want a job that actually offers a living wage? Those disappeared right about the same time pensions did.
     
     Waiting tables has always been for shit pay though. It's never been the kind of job you could raise a family on. Even top end waiting jobs aren't great.
     
     > Also the Spanish subtitles are just the cherry on top here
     
     It's kinda fucked how they can all but advertise breaking employee law and nothing happens.
   • Sky (itsskydragonz@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Mar-2023 11:14:29 JST Sky

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     @DW2 What does "starting up to" mean? Not actually even $19 per hour?
   • fishsticks (fishsticks@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Mar-2023 11:14:29 JST fishsticks

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     • Sky
     @ItsSkyDragonz @DW2 Means they're going to really pay you 13-16 depending on the location. 18 is only if you know a guy or have decades of experience.
   • Sky (itsskydragonz@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Mar-2023 11:14:29 JST Sky

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     • fishsticks
     @fishsticks @DW2 God I hate this country
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   • Kenny Blankenship (dw2@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Mar-2023 11:15:00 JST Kenny Blankenship

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     • Sky
     • fishsticks
     @ItsSkyDragonz @fishsticks America Delenda Est
   • Eggy (felonycommitter@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Mar-2023 23:34:04 JST Eggy

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     @DW2 Wisconsin still has 7.25 minimum wage and I know people still getting hired for $11-12/hr. I was still under the impression that $15/hr was good when I re-entered the workforce last year, until I examined how bad inflation had actually gotten.
     The last job I'd worked before in 2017 for about $13/hr has gone up to about $21/hr in 2023 to try and match inflation. But not every business is capable of this, and most of the long-term employees have already capped out on raises.
     Meaning that 18 year old broccolizoomers are earning more day 1 than someone who's committed decades to any particular company.
     
     I, for one, am very confident in America's ability to survive for many years to come.
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