there was this man that had a chimp.
the chimp would climb up trees and grab coconuts.
then the chimp would bring the coconuts down to the man.

the man would sell the coconuts,
and then give the chimp some bananas.

this worked for a while, but one day the chimp... who was being abused by the man,
got fed up. the chimp didn't find the work satisfying, and lets face it,
the chimp was doing all the work.


so one day, the chimp climbed up the tree, grabbed a coconut,
and-- i shit you not-- threw a coconut at the man, killing him instantly.
then the chimp went down the tree and ate all the bananas he wanted.


a lot of folks were mad at the chimp.
i think they actually put that chimp to sleep.


but i swear, the chimp was thinking way clearer
than the people agreeing with the OP.
I mean goddamn.

anybody that is willing to work SHOULD make a living wage.
why?

because we are human fucking beings,
and we should not, as a society, be cool with people working two (or three) jobs
that have to chose between rent, or food, or medicine.

as a society, we should find that abhorant.
and lets be clear-- if enough ppl DID find it abhorant,
and refused to work until that was no longer the case,
the corporations AND the mom and pop stores that "can't afford" to pay a living wage
would somehow, magically, come up with the money.

i am not yet willing to sacrifice all of my material comforts
to make the world a better place.
but the fact that there are ppl in this post that are opposed the idea that WANT TO WORK should receive a living wage is callous if not appalling if not evil.

i typically don't use anecdotes because
i hate when republicans do it.
but whatever. since the OP wants to pretend that there is NO middle ground
between wage slavery and McDonald's workers making 100 dollars an hour,
and that we couldn't decide that minimum wage couldn't be a living wage if the govt said so, i'll be as unfair as i want to be.

the chimp in my anecdote had a better sense of his own self interest
than the ppl agreeing with the OP.

goddamn.
minimum wage should be a liveable wage because
Ppl that want to work shouldn't starve and shit.
and we need the govt to do it because left to their own devices,
employers would pay ppl NOTHING to work.

Jesus Christ.

that was long winded but I'm not editing.
time for bed.

shit