Fast Food Wage (McDonald's) - The Daily Show 08/01/13

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[Spitfire of ATJ]

1. These people REALLY need to get kicked off the air.

[Grey]

2. I love John Oliver and the

Daily show. Even Jon could not have done better.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

3. John Oliver is doing a fantastic job.

Give him his own show!

[grilled onions]

4. Do These People Really Believe In The Garbage They Spew?

Do they really think that there is a quiet hiring law that only hires 16 year old workers? Do they think that these "teen workers" look upon their job as the low rung on the ladder? Most of these workers have little delusion that there are few rungs to climb for that ladder seems to be more for those who have and not the have nots. The odds always seem stacked against those with the fewest opportunities for advancement be it education,the ability to afford going to college,being parents or taking care of elderly parents prevents what little money is left to further one's skills.
It's great to have a job,have money and be so smug to those who have less than you do. It's great to have such a poor memory that when you had your first job the biggest concern was where you were going to spend that money. Bills certainly did not come to mind nor did trying to find enough dollars at the end of the week(after the great company you worked for short changed your hours again). Sadly I think they had better job security then for kids then they do today for adults. They are still in the mindset that all their employees are 16 years old and by thinking that way it erases any possible guilt of the starving wages they serve to their employees.

[classof56]

6. +1 for the truth.

The sad, sad truth.

[JHB]

7. Consider Cavuto's background

I don't know what his parents did, but he grew up in a New York suburb, went to college at a place that in 2013 costs ~$40,000/year to go to (including tuition, housing, meals, etc.) and likely put a comparable bite in the family budget in the late 70s, and he scored a White House internship.

At the time, and especially for someone with his background, it was easy to view a fast food job as a mere stepping stone on the way to bigger and better things. Just an act of "paying your dues". He certainly didn't mention what his competition for those manager jobs were. You can count it wasn't 28-year old college grads unless they had severe mental or drug problems that made them unemployable elsewhere. More likely he won out over a bunch of other pimply-faced 16-year-olds.

And no matter how the economy has changes, his view of those jobs hasn't changed. For a financial analyst, Oliver was spot-on that he's better qualified to sling fish & chips.

The conservatives have a meme that liberals are stuck in the 1968. I'm increasingly convinced that conservatives are stuck in the late 1970s (except where they prefer the 1870s).

[stonecutter357]

5. K&R

[Coyotl]

8. This is GRRRREEEAT!

[Boomerproud]

9. Brilliant stuff

As I've said 1,000 times-this stuff writes itself. Faux really does do a public service after all!!!