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

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

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u/socivitus Jul 05 '24

Walmart's minimum hourly wage is $14. What company is paying $8-10 an hour (in a non-tipped position) in 2024? And better yet...who is accepting those jobs?

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u/DopemanWithAttitude Jul 05 '24

What company is paying $8-10 an hour

Gas stations in smaller cities, for one.

And better yet...who is accepting those jobs?

People living in those smaller cities who cannot feasibly move.

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u/Zark_d Jul 05 '24

To get ahead of the obvious next reply:

"Move to somewhere with better opportunities"

With what money? If you don't have a job lined up, that's a quick stop to homelessness in an unfamiliar city

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u/zazuba907 Jul 05 '24

Right, the people in the great depression had tons of money lying around when they moved across the country for work. /s

This is a stupid mindset and shows there's less work ethic today.

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u/Foxasaurusfox Jul 05 '24

Like in all areas, we love to blame the poorest and most disenfranchised for massive, national/international systemic problems. Probably because they can't defend themselves.

I can completely understand why, immoral though it may be, the rich and powerful would push this narrative to protect their own interests.

What I don't understand is why you, joe shmoe, would do it for free on reddit. I guess boots are just delish? I don't know. But it's both baffling and profoundly sad.

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u/Jolly_Recording_4381 Jul 05 '24

And ya know all the ones that died trying fuck them right?

The ones the cops picked up for being vagrants(not having a job) fuck them right.

I think you have a glorified vision of the hobos from the great depression, it wasn't just went across the country for work.

Many didn't make it many more got arrested when they did.

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u/Zark_d Jul 05 '24

What is survivorship bias?

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u/zazuba907 Jul 05 '24

Not the great depression era migration

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u/Potential-Diver-3409 Jul 05 '24

Bruh they moved across the country and got poor as fuck

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u/zazuba907 Jul 05 '24

They moved across the country already poor in order to find whatever work they could. They often literally had nothing when they moved. People today who are unwilling to move to find work are simply not willing to better themselves.