$300k for a Barista Career? 😆

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Comment from Chuck Wolfe:

...I have absolutely no problem with someone who can afford to spend $200-300k to get a BA degree, in the process, learning how to make coffee in anticipation of a Barista career. I just don't think it's wise for that person to expect taxpayer bailout of their student loan debt.

My response:

How would a barista pay off $300K?

Chuck:

Working 12 hour days, 7 days a week, at $15/hour, 1.5X for OT, living in parents basement for less than 4 years!

Me:

What employer would ever allow those kind[sic] of hours and that much overtime? That's not even saying anything about being paid that kind of hourly wage or the likelihood of that much in student loans for a BA. And the parents? Four years of having their college-graduate son sponge off of them? What world are you living in where you think this is realistic? And heaven help him if he falls in love or gets married. 

...or if the son falls ill, has an injury, and has high medical bills for the not-covered expenses. Insurance premiums, co-pays, limits, deductibles... Have preexisting conditions? Vision, hearing, or dental expenses? How about if you lose your cushy barista job and have to work two or three jobs? McDonald's paychecks, logistics of juggling three jobs. All while you have those massive student loan debt payments to make? Welcome to America, where the wealthy think people are lazy and their problems are because of poor lifestyle choices. Where medical insurance is available only after a probationary period and only for full-time workers 

The rich don't want their "hard-won" income going to little people (you know, the people who do the actual work). Pay poverty wages and claim it's poor people's fault. Make employees desperate enough to have to get assistance. The employer thinks those people are mooche3rs[sic] when he is the one getting the benefrits[sic] of low pay. That is corporate welfare. 

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