> Seriously, I would never ever hire someone who wrote something like this.
The fact that nobody writes about these issues is the reason why some companies take their non-tech employees for granted.
It's simple supply and demand. There is an oversupply of people with her background who are willing to endure minimum wages. A lot of these people are willing to endure entry level jobs because they won't "settle" for something short of their dream (a white collar writing/media/comedy job, in her case). That's a perfectly fine goal, but understand that you're competing with thousands and thousands of other people with similar or superior educations.
Either accept the resulting low wages, or join a profession that is actually facing a shortage of labor (e.g. nurse, plumber, etc.)
Yes. We need our poorest to be less poor. Yes. We need all of our people to have access to health care and a decent place to live.
But it's not enough. Not really.
And its a myth that prices go up according to minimum wage. In truth its a very weak influence on inflation. Prices will probably not change much at all. Our entire economy does not depend on what we pay the lowest earners.
Ah thats why. Here I was thinking it had something to do with good ol supply and demand.