Quote:8 years ago I had no experience in automotive, no tools, no degree and it was 3 of us in 4 bay shop. As the company grew so did my experience unfortunately the owner and myself disagreed on my worth. I didn't require government to dictate my worth to him, I valued my work more than he did so i found a company that valued my work more. I could've left 3 years ago and probably should've left for more pay. but starting with him and watching the company grow from the ground up to multiple locations was intoxicating. At one point I was even pondering purchasing the original location from him, but I decided not to get in bed with someone that had such loose ethics.


My point is more socialism/workers rights in my case would've just prevented me from getting into automotive. 8 years ago no one was going to pay me what I make today, I'm worth what i make because of the knowledge and experience I have. Guys that have done this for 20 years make more then I do because they have more knowledge and experience.

The system as it is isn't working. We are worse off now than we were in the past. Compared to cost of living our dollar doesn't go nearly as far now as it did. Health care costs are insane. Our education system sucks. We have more people incarcerated than anyone in the world. We have 4.4% of the worlds population but house 22% of the world's prison population (as of 2013). We have the widest wealth gap with top 5% than any developed country. And the gap has continued to widen. And the super rich are continuing to shape policies with less and less obstacles in their way. I'm just having a hard time seeing how the system, as it is now, is working.

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