Quote Originally Posted by Extendedcab View Post
A "lot" of the low paying jobs were "originally" meant for temporary workers like those going to school - high school or college or other transient workers. They were never meant for permanent employees - retail sales with low margins can not pay a "living wage" to a permanent worker as the price of their product will skyrocket. They will not be competitive in the world and they will go out of business which means these low paying jobs will not exist. Which is worst, a low paying job or no job?

The problem is a "lot" of the permanent employees in low paying jobs have either not recognized nor desired a college education (put trade school in here also) as a means to earn a living wage. In a world that is technically becoming more complex, and has been for a generation or more now, it is imperative to have the required skills for making a decent living. A high school education will most always not be enough! The world is constantly changing and these people are not.

Don't put their education (low skill) shortcomings on on the rest of us!
So some of the most profitable businesses in the history of the world can't afford to pay their workers what those same type low skilled workers made in past eras, or they'd go out of business?

Or maybe those giant corporations are using their negotiating power (among other asyetrical powers they have over workers) to pay them less so as to realize more profit?

By the way, almost all workers make less than in the past, educated or not, skilled or not, etc. Hell even doctors, which are basically a cartel, make less, as they find it increasingly difficult to negotiate terms with giant corp ins providers and hospital networks.

We've allowed business interests (read: multinational corporations) to expand their profits at the expense of workers. We can debate the pros and cons of that, but it's not honest to deny it happened.

In my opinion, a chief problem for poor areas like Jackson is a lot of people looked at the newly poor outcomes from being a life long wage slave and decided to roll the dice at other options. Some gambled on crime as their ticket. Most probably never even tried. Almost all lost.