>>71895
The issue is the massive corporations we have now. I do not think the government can come in and mandate better pay without the corps deciding to sink the economy and lay everyone off to save their precious fucking profit margins. Back when businesses were smaller and not massive Oligopolies like shortly after WW2, workers were better paid. They could walk up to their boss, look him in the eye, and demand a raise. Now there are just a few companies with tens of thousands of locations with a faceless board of directors locking you in the wage cage.
Also unions were great ideas for certain industries like steelworking. Sucks the unions are pretty much dead in this country.
And finally, on the topic of industry, the reason we have shit wages in America is we have no industry. When we had a labor shortage and an abundance of manufacturing jobs, wages were inflated for uneducated workers so that they could actually MAKE A LIVING.
A. Offshoring
and
B. Immigration
Have anally raped our wages by destroying the American worker-centered economy.
In conclusion, WE CANNOT FIX OUR WAGES AND ALL BOOMERS DESERVE TO DIE.