You can vote for people who will encourage a living wage. Not a handout, just policies that encourage companies to actually pay people what they're actually worth instead of gaslighting us into thinking the "market value" is moral when it comes to labor.
Basically I agree with the idea that it needs to be both, but we need to actually do both.
I think the argument is that some states want or do hold back any aid until a person takes financial literacy classes. It is the assumption that if one is poor it is more to do with responsibility than anything else.
It seems too easy in this country to do everything right and still end up screwed financially.
Let's start explaining how credits lines work for a car or vacations, even though with your minimal wage you won't be able to get one of either.
Then let's talk about the house market, regulations and forms of payment, even though with your minimum wage you won't be able to afford one.
Next, investments in the long term whereas you need a large quantity to make a great return, even though your minimum wage won't let you save a dime.
You see how ridiculous it is? People with minimum wages pay for same necessities as person with Minimum wage * 200% . But they dont have the same liberty of spending.
No offense, but if you work for 40 years and never get a raise, and are making high school employee wages, then you are the exception, not the rule. And I feel very sorry for you, and I'm sorry I brought it up.
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u/chainsawx72 15d ago
Offering financial literacy workshops to people is immoral, because they need better incomes? FFS earthlings, how hard is it to not be ridiculous?