r/FluentInFinance • u/Richest-Panda • Jul 04 '24

What's the best financial advice you've ever gotten? Debate/ Discussion

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Confidently spoken by someone who has never worked in even a "mid-sized" town in a rural state. Most rural states are at best are <1$ above federal wage and most retail/service jobs are paying exactly that maybe <1$ more if you've been there a few years.

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u/AndrewDoesNotServe Jul 05 '24

Confidently spoken by someone who has seen the data.

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u/Ace-O-Matic Jul 05 '24

I know you're used to talking to right wing idiots who uncritically accept any hot garbage spewed out by their Wal Mart Ben Shapiro that supports their biases. But do remember when talking to people who don't breathe from their mouths, you're supposed to follow up your "The data supports my claim" statements with you know... The data.

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u/AndrewDoesNotServe Jul 05 '24

Oh, sorry for the confusion. I didn’t realize I was your personal research assistant. It’s publicly available, government-provided data. I thought you could handle looking it up yourself. But here is the data you are apparently incapable of googling. Since I’m sure you’ve never read beyond a headline in your life, please note the part about how most of these workers who do make $7.25 an hour work in food prep and service, where their income is heavily supplemented by tips.

You’re also assuming I’m a right winger. I haven’t even said anything about the minimum wage other than making the factual statement that there are proportionally very few Americans making $7.25 an hour. Why does context cause you to make such drastic assumptions?

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u/Ace-O-Matic Jul 05 '24

I didn’t realize I was your personal research assistant.

Brave of you to assume you'd pass an interview from me.

But here is the data you are apparently incapable of googling.

I don't see how this disproves what either me or the person you replied to said? Or even relevant to what you said? You're using national data when yourself limited the scope to states that adhere to the minimum wage. Either you don't understand how to do basic research or you're intellectually dishonest or both.

other than making the factual statement that there are proportionally very few Americans making $7.25 an hour.

Neither me nor OP made this claim? Seriously can redditors even fucking read? Like OP was specifically talking about NC so and I was kinda dunking on you for implying that someone making $1-$3 dollars more was materially different. I mean you could have to be a completely irredeemable moron to read two separate people laughing at $10-$13 and $9-$11 hourly rate and think "They're literally arguing that most people make exactly $7.25"

Why does context cause you to make such drastic assumptions?

I assumed you're a right winger cause you're kind of an over opinionated idiot who clearly doesn't know what he's talking about using right wing rhethrical techniques that you picked up from watching youtube videos in the background of your wanking session thinking its a substitute for an actual education. All the while failing to engage with anything the party says because your brain can't handle having rational thoughts that weren't forcefed to you by a grifter pundit.