You Deserve Minimum Wage

I'm all for rich people making less money and having to pay hard workers more money than they currently do. I also get that living off minimum wage is very challenging and there are people trying to do that while raising kids. But seriously, how much money do you really want for flipping burgers and changing out fries?  I'm not going to harp on the injustices of the pay scale as it relates to what you do, but I am going to say that menial jobs should only get menial pay. Manual laborer is something anyone can do and that's exactly why it pays so little. Hostess had a union; they made Twinkies. That shit went bankrupt. You really don't need to pay someone $20 an hour to put cupcakes in a box, or watch a machine do it for you because it doesn't require a skill. Instead it requires an IQ barely above functioning.

I personally have a unique skill set that not too many people have, and while I certainly don't make minimum wage, I've complained a few times about my lack of opportunity at my current employer, particularly on how to increase my own income. But in life I've bounced around a lot. I've learned a hell of a lot. I've worked in everything from reconnaissance (didn't get paid) to management systems (didn't get paid) to fiber optics infrastructure (... got paid) and I'm stuck doing what I do. I could leave and do something else, but that would require a big change I currently like the stock options and retirement I'm building here. Maybe I've been given more opportunities than other people (I haven't,) but there comes a time when you need to go out an diversify yourself. Don't want to make minimum wage? Learn something besides what you're doing and get a different job. It really is that simple. 

Have it your way.