Found myself wondering what the point was yesterday. Not alone it turns out. I read a poll where almost half of college graduates don't believe in the American Dream.
Now, while the image itself is flawed, the gist of the American Dream was to get a degree, obtain a career, and become self sufficient. Enough to have a place you call your own and kids if you want them.
24. Female. Single. College graduate. Best job in my friend circle. I still make less then 20k a year.
It forces me into less then optimal housing situations. To eat miserable because having a car disqualifies from wellfare and I have no where to prep it anyway.
One of my co workers was fired. Because she was taking tips on the sly. No, we are not supposed to take tips because they pay us between 9 and 13 an hour. Which is some of the best pay around-but I still have to live off less then 20k a year.
Some of my co workers do tips on the sly. I don't because becoming unemployed terrifies me. But I get why. Customers are constantly offering us tips. Its a lot of temptation.
Now I know among those will be secret shoppers-spies.
And what do we have instead of tips? A donation box. That the company gets to write off on their taxes.
To say I am pissed is an understatement.
Do you know how much lifting national minimum wage to 15 dollars an hour, a living wage, would do?
If you have 40 hours a week, four weeks a month, 12 months a year, at 15 dollars an hour-
You still make less then 30 k.
That has to cover food, rent, commute costs, utilities, and medical expenses. And more.
Oh and Thats before taxes.
I am a college graduate. I shouldn't have to consider becoming a Dominatrix for a stable middle class income.
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