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The Baby Boomers were spoiled rotten on the spoils of WWII and their parent's work ethic gained during The Worst Hard Times of the Great Depression.

As a generation, they became a vast clot of drug-addled selfish crybabies that only care about getting loaded on the latest dope and buying the latest craze. First it was LSD & Pot, then Coke, then after they discovered church, Nikes, Volvos, & Loafers and tried to act straight, they switched to pills. Abilify, Xanax, Zoloft, Wellbutrin, Valium, Oxycontin, etc etc ad nauseum...
I swear, everytime I hear some old POS complain about "restless leg syndrome" or "anxiety" or "Seasonal Affective Disorder" I want to write mandatory euthanasia legislation and hold the Senate hostage until it's passed.
They have essentially squandered their inheritance & sold out their country for a quick buck to the point where it's akin to Paris Hilton having to spend her Golden Years as a Walmart Greeter because she ran the family business straight into the schitter to pay for her coke habit and crotch rot meds.
Serves you all right.
So there.
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Yep, we would be so much better off if wages were fixed at $2.00 per hour. Think of the benefits . . to some.

You mean those "some" who are currently unemployed. Perhaps those "some" who may not have the skill level to obtain a job that pays more. Fact is not everyone is worth $20/hr.

There's a reason politicians do not raise the minimum wage to $20/hr. It's because a raise in the minimum wage is directly correlated to unemployment. Businesses that cannot afford the wage increases simply get by by asking less workers to be more productive and lay off those they cannot afford to pay.

Wages offered to workers are the competitive force between businesses for skilled labor. Have you ever tried hiring a pool of workers when minimum wage is being offered? I'll tell you what,.....put an add in the paper for a min wage job and tell me how many viable candidates you come up with out 10, 20. It costs businesses to train and hire workers so high turnover is not in their best interests. If they want good workers and want to keep them, they'll pay them accordingly.

I love the generational blame game. I think all of you under 50 types should get off the computer and get productive so I can enjoy my retirement.