7 Days @ Minimum Wage: Mallory (Day 7)

[jjenson2006]

"hosted by Roseanne Barr and sponsored by the AFL-CIO and ACORN"

Well, she can always make a lot more as a hooker since ACORN apparently supports this profession.

/watch?v=9W0AIysfINk

[WorkingMotherof2]

Since Minimum wage went up to $7.25 - - - Unemployment has climbed MORE than the past 10 years... Nice job congress.

Minimum wage is not supposed to be a carrer salary. Your supposed to GAIN work experience, dedicate yourself to SOMETHING and MAKE MORE MONEY.

How old is this chick living with mom? Still in high school? WHAT do you think she is TRAINED TO DO? We should PAY her to MAKE MISTAKES ALONG THE WAY???

[tatomuck18]

how do you think people making 7 dollars an hour is enough to live off of? its NOT!!! Prices are way too high and the wages are not high enough to match those prices. A person on minimum wage today is POORER than a minimum wage worker 30 and 40 years ago!! Back then,they were set living wages. Why do you want the poor to be poorer??

[WorkingMotherof2]

You must not understand what minimum wage is for. People working at McDonalds to dip french fries - are not supposed to "make a living" for life flipping burgers. This is to gain experience - move up to management - do more than dip fries in grease- make more money. But Small Business can not afford to start out people on higher wages, so they "don't work out", quit or get fired, and cost the company more to TRAIN more people. People should get paid what the job is worth.

[DManifestoJJ]

Raising the minimum wage would not help anything. It would raise inflation yes. Everyday consumer items would become more expensive. But then again people need to make the right choice. I live in missouri and yes people get cut here all the time but I get fucking raises out the ass because I WORK MY HARDEST EVERY SINGLE DAY. I EARNED what I fucking get. it is hard now but somewhere in their past they made a bad choice and this is what they get.

[debisis]

some of you are pretty clueless. i work at the gap, and this young girl reminds me of my situation. i'm 36 with a MA in fine arts..and I make less than nine bucks an hour, being required to sell, sell, and pitch gap cards. yet i get paid a small wage with not commission or incentive. i live in America where idiots like some of you tell me and this young girl to work harder in order to get more money. GO FU*K YOURSELF.

[riothero313]

lol, why is it our fault that you wasted your money on a fine arts degree and not something useful?

[tatomuck18]

what? If you wanna get paid more you have to EARN IT!!

Tell her to stop buying cigarettes and steaks and nail polishes and to start buying beans and ramen noodles and things she can actually afford.

[jjenson2006]

@debisis If you're 36 with a MA, you shouldn't be working for minimum wage, you should be working for a lot more. If you accept a job for less than your worth, whose fault is that? Obviously you're worth what you're being paid. Two people think so, your employer because he hired you and you because you accepted the job. You are sold your labor, just like if you sold your car. If you felt your car was worth $6K and someone offered $4K, would you turn it down or complain after you sold it?

[ronaldec7]

And Ms Barr, the lady speaking at the beginning is a millionare. How many of her millions has she given to any of the people in the video? I'm betting none.

[ronaldec7]

And no one is kicking anyone down. We just want them to put in a little more effort.

And no one here wants war either. Maybe we should just stop all the aid to other countries to.

[ronaldec7]

morgall,

Its us Middle Class Americans that get the worst treatment. We're the ones that pay the most in taxes. We make to much to get the benefits of the lower income workers and too little to get all the tax breaks. And when we see able body person complaing about how hard it is, yeah we don't like it. They need to get off their butt and work harder.

[ronaldec7]

morgall,

Of course we all need to live. America does not keep people down. In this country there is a program for just about anything. Healthcare for kids , yes. In my state low income people have access to free health care. Where are you getting your facts? In my state people at McDonalds make atleast $8.00 an hour. Not to mention the millions coming over the border every year ilegally. Does your country have that problem? Do you have long lines for medical treatment?

[ronaldec7]

morgall,

By the way, I would like to stop our Gov't from sending money to other places. I would also like our Gov't from going into deficit spending. All I want from my Gov't is good infrstructure, good borders and a fair montary system. It is not my Gov't job to care for me personally. I am a grown Man and if I need help I will get it from My family, my friends or my church. What does Sweeden do for You?

[morgall]

At the end of the day, we all need to live, not survive..What people need to understand is that they shouldnt kick the ones that are already down, they should look at the ones who are kicking instead..Some people dont have family, friends and church like you do, some rely on themself and struggle each day to get by..In Sweden we dont have that society, we dont go to war, and leave our people in pooverty like Americka does, living with 5,45 dollars should seriously be checked, cus thats crooked.

[ronaldec7]

How can you be that old and have no skills that will get you more pay. I work two jobs, TWO and I may go to a third. I work very hard.

My second job deals with the min wage and tips. On adverage I get $15 an hour from that second job. Why, Why can't you do that. What makes me differant from you? I struggle just like you. The government will tax you more with a increase. They have already raided the Social Sercurity trust fund and need more money, so lets raise the wage and get more tax money.

[morgall]

dont judge this girl, judge your damn goverment, its they who takes from the poor and give to the rich..And then they spread the words to whole world that they gonna send money to Africka and the poor, but doesnt take care of their own people..Whole Americka is a croocked country.

[ronaldec7]

morgall,

I have a right to judge this girl and my Gov't. This girl should not have to depend on a Gov't to make a living. That is not the function of Gov't. The American Congress would have you believe they are the rightious ones by making new wage increase laws. But what they are really doing is making more taxable income for themselves. How are the taxes in your country? Do you really believe that a Gov't with power of force behind it, has a right to the fruits of your labor?

[adamjdw69]

She complains about being poor but she has a cell phone and a mother who lets her live at home. About half the world lives on 2 dollars a day. Pick up a globe and look at Africa, South America ,Eastern Europe, Russia and Asia and all other countrys where most are poor and you will see she is doing ALOT better than most of the world. If shes living with her mother and only paying 200 a month she should definetly be able to save enough to get on her feet.

[kooldavewarren]

@adamjdw69 Although your comment about half the world lives on 2 dollars a day is indeed true, the big difference is that unlike those countries, here in the US, our poor are surrounded every miniute of every day with the rich, wealthy and all the material products of an otherwise very wealthy nation. Our poor are constantly reminided about all that is vertualy unobtainable to them. Poor in America is not quite the same as poor in Africa.

[adamjdw69]

You can be poor with no education and have 2 choices. A)Have a bunch of kids and spend all your money trying to make ends meet. B)Work on minimum wage and at the same time get your GED. Than get a better job with the GED. Then attend a community collage at night and get a degree. Than get a better job and keep going until you have a good income. Than spring out kids if you want them so bad.

[KoolMama80]

What kid a job do you expect to get with a GED? Retail or factory. College is sometimes not a viable answer if a person doesn't have a car or money to pay expensive school loans People who have money think they know it all. Why don't you try living in their shoes and I bet you won't be so quick to judge.

[Eyedol5]

THERE IS NO FUCKING EXCUSE FOR ANYONE IN AMERICA TO LIVE THEIR LIFE ON MINIMUM WAGE THAT DONT WANT TO, NOT ONE FUCKING EXCUSE. AND IF YOU DO LIVE LIKE THAT AND DONT WANT TO, THEN YOUR A FUCKING MORON AND DESERVE IT. Now that would be understandable if you were from a 3rd world country, But not in America. THE PROBLEM IS THAT YOUR TO FUCKING LAZY TO LEARN ANYTHING.

[Beamshipcaptain]

I graduated from programming school (Chubb) in 1999 with a degree in computer programming (not an easy thing to do). I workd as a programmer for 6-weeks while going to school at night part-time until I graduated. When I graduated, I could not find a job. Only job I found after over a year of looking was at RADIO SHACK, working for minimum-wage. Which destroyed my credit, and my relationship. You cannot pay rent on minimum-wage. expenses. you move back home! Even my professors were laid-off!

[waynemoon10]

I really dont know who you are and by your language I really do not want too. but if you think that these people who work 50-70 hours a week on minimmum wage just to make end meets do it because they choose too then you are the moran

[Eyedol5]

Yes, i once worked on minimum wage. But i did not live life on just that. 1 year later i got double then 6 months after that i got a salary of $3500 a month. Want to know the Secret? DONT FUCKING HAVE CHILDREN UNTIL YOUR READY!!! GOD DAMN IT YOU PEOPLE MAKE ME SICK! NO WONDER YOU HAVE A FUCKED UP LIFE.

[KoolMama80]

So what! You just lucked out getting a high paying job. With a attitude like yours you don't deserve it. Not everyone has kids right away. Are you just jealous because you didn't get any dates?

[GTBurns48215]

I never once worked at minimum wage at any job I had. I have a security job sitting on my ass watching cars that pays $7.50. EDUCATE YOURSELF, you are not going to get paid $20/hr flipping burgers. 5.15 is not bad if you are a teen in the suburbs working jsut to save some money for dates and a new car etc.

If you are raisng a family on that wage it means you messed up in life.

[marie1272955]

Wtf you are stupid.

[theothermikes]

She has no skills. Why would she expect to be paid for nothing?

She lives at home, why not go to a JC and educate yourself? Why continue whining? DO something to better yourself so there is competition for your skills. That's how you get pay increases. You need to bring something to the table aside from an open hand.

[depletable]

I hear you, dude, but shit isn't that simple sometimes. A lot of people have genuine problems that have kept them in this bad situation for more years than necessary -- or if not problems, past mistakes. People shouldn't have to work slave wages just from fucking up in the past / making bad decisions.

Aside from bad stories, and etc., the fucking minimum wage needs to go up just because. There's nothing negative about people getting paid a little more. Relax.

[ifranqui58]

People NEED to take resposibility for their irresponsible descisions - obesity & drug addiction are the same things; stop blaming the goverment and works with the few resources you have. Human can survive with the most minimal amount of resources (much less than minimum wage); read about human evolution.