It makes me so angry how badly people devalue labor.

@BlueRain Not every person can get that promotion or that raise or that higher position. Meaning that there's always going to be a majority of people who cannot support themselves. The jobs considered "entry level" exponentially outnumber the jobs that are considered higher. They're also quite essential to both the economy and society as a whole. If we consider it acceptable to intentionally underpay people who work full time jobs that are necessary and are extremely numerous, then we know exactly what's going to happen.

@BlueMetalChick That is not other people’s problem. It’s really too bad. No one bowed down to me or others. We have to make our own way and stand on our own two feet. We should earn our own way

@BlueRain And what better way to stand on your own two feet than get a job that is necessary to society? But apparently most of those jobs aren't worth anything so even if you work hard, you make nothing.

@BlueMetalChick This is the problem with youth, the entitlement. If one doesn’t like the pay, they get a different job. It isn’t isn’t that hard.

@BlueRain So if I work 12 hours a day at my job, and I expect to be paid for it, then I'm entitled.

Essentially you're telling me that I shouldn't expect to be paid for me work. Or at the very least, I'm entitled if I expect to be paid enough to support myself.

@BlueMetalChick you should get paid, but if you expect to get a pay that you did not accept then that is entitlement.

We all had to work for what we have. It makes us better people. Nothing is for nothing.

@BlueRain And I too had to work for what I have. I was born into homelessness in a third world country. I was illiterate until age 12. I didn't wear my first pair of shoes until age 9. The only reason I'm not dead is because I worked for what I have now. But that was far away in a different part of the world, in a different time period. Where and when I am now, the cost of living is very high and the value of labor is very low. A majority of full time workers are still below the poverty line and qualify for public assistance programs like welfare and food stamps. Even though they work full time for a living, they cannot afford to support themselves because it costs so much just to have essentials and they are paid so little. So if you can't even work a job full time to make ends meet, then what can you possibly do? Sure, you can try to get a raise or a promotion or a higher job. But only so many people can do that. There's aren't enough "higher jobs" for everyone to work. Lower jobs exponentially outnumber higher ones, and they're still essential to society. Meaning if we base pay upon job scarcity, then there will always be an underpaid majority. Most people will always require assistance or not be able to support themselves despite that they work full time.

@BlueMetalChick you should be commended for your accomplishments. No one gave me anything. I had to find it. I’m blessed to live in a country where there is opportunity.

@BlueRain There is opportunity here too but it's fading fast because of a growing sentiment that only those who do not work should be paid. Over half the wealth here is inherited from someone else and almost all of those with the most money have never worked at all in their lives, but still expect to be paid more every year.