"We can never make enough money..."

Why is it that the article subscribes to the idea that working at a McDonald's for ten years means you should be paid more? Is the worker better or more efficient or more resourceful than somebody who has worked at McDonald's for 2 years?

<i>&quot;...often too little to support themselves and their families.&quot;</i><p><a href="http://www.livingwage.org.uk/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.livingwage.org.uk&#x2F;</a><p>Just why do the rest of us have to subsidise employers who pay less than a living wage through taxes? Never understood that.

Interesting how one word is not mentioned in the article that has a huge impact on the issue of wages for the lower classes.

When a company lowers wages on its rank and file its executives should not enjoy increases.

I really want to have nothing to do with this article, but I think a little context is needed for readers living outside the U.S. Otherwise the subject matter and tone seems a bit odd.<p>Our president has decided to start concentrating on wage disparity, considering inequality to be immoral. (Cynics argue that with the NSA scandal and many others, anything to change the subject is a good move) The NYT here is picking up the ball and running with it. You&#x27;ll note that the entirety of sources quoted are from one side of the American political spectrum.<p>So if the comments here seem bitter and contentious, and the commentary itself not helpful in covering both sides of the discussion, it&#x27;s because it fits into a larger national political discussion (of which you may be unaware).<p>As for the subject itself, we&#x27;ve kicked this around a hundred times on HN. I selected this as flaggable, simply because I don&#x27;t expect it to generate any new insights and simply cause a lot of useless and pointless nerd bickering.