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Is everyone on hacker news so entitled and privileged they cannot even imagine an American citizen wanting to work for a living? I absolutely would work a fact
by fleek 1y ago
Is everyone on hacker news so entitled and privileged they cannot even imagine an American citizen wanting to work for a living?
I absolutely would work a factory job if it paid 100k+ and meant owning a home someday.
Instead I got 100k student loans and make 60k at a desk and I'll never have a life outside of work because I simply can't afford it.
I'll be 35 this year after 12 years of working and just starting to have a positive net worth.
American dream my ass.
- nemomarx 1y agohow would a 40k a year manufacturing job help though? (real salary of someone I know in the field right now)
- jghn 1y ago> if it paid 100k+ and meant owning a home someday That is not going to happen.
- y-curious 1y agoA 100k factory job and you're calling others entitled? This is the equivalent of the famous Arrested Development skit, "what does a banana cost, $10?"
- fleek 1y agoEvery tradesman I know makes north of 80k, granted it's backbreaking work. I assume working in a factory such as semiconductors pays 6 figs, as an engineer or foreman of some kind. If they are literally stamping parts together on an assembly line then I guess yeah it's not going to pay 100k.
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- StackRanker3000 1y agoYou would be able to afford a lot less if everything you bought was made in factories where every worker was paid north of $100k. That includes your home, by the way.
- BriggyDwiggs42 1y agoBringing back factory jobs isn’t bringing back the American dream. It’s just replacing the shitty gig work you have to do to barely get by with a shitty factory job that you have to do to barely get by. If they pay well, it’ll drive up the cost of goods a ton and still be unhelpful for people.