(12-03-2017, 09:01 PM)Sneakers Wrote:

(12-03-2017, 10:35 AM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote: So, lack of "mental ability" to perform a highly sought after skill automatically translates to a demand for $15 an hour for a skill a kiosk or robot can perform?

It is a lot easier to complain on a forum or Twitter about wage injustice than it is to go back to school.

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With all due respect, sounds like just another excuse for someone to be lazy.

If you re-read my post carefully, you will realize I neither stated, or even suggested, that the inability to perform a task requiring a higher mental capacity translated into any wage entitlement whatsoever.  I am merely suggesting that, for a significant percentage of the workforce, anything more than very modest advancement is simply not possible due to lack of mental ability. 

I'll ask you again, what percentage of the US working-force do you believe possesses the mental capacity to perform in a higher paying industry such as IT?

I have no idea. IT was just an example. What do you call a "significant percentage"? There are plenty of trades like plumbing, electricians, HVAC, sanitation, welding that the majority of people have the mental capacity to learn.

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(12-03-2017, 08:31 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(12-03-2017, 06:10 PM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote: I am not unsympathetic to situations like the Disney situation. All I am saying is there are plenty of ways to improve yourself and be employable.

One of the easiest is to punish those corporations who manipulate and abuse the American market and workforce

I agree 100%. Trump was trying to toughen up visa renewals last time I checked, but not sure what became of that.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/25/technolo...index.html

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