This all started with an idiot post by Chris Rufo that "the economy is strong and income has never been higher." Why would someone in the Trump coalition say something so retarded not a couple months removed from the election? Because people are still mad that about legally flooding the country with Indians. archive
Chris then kicked off the party in earnest by insisting that everything is doing great because someone, somewhere got a $70k job at Panda Express. archive
This is basically "full employment." The Panda Express near my house is offering $70k/yr plus benefits for the assistant manager. You can make $100k/yr working at Chipotle for a few years and working up to store manager.
People are talking about H-1B foreigners replacing American engineers AND THIS IS YOUR INPUT IN THE CONVERSATION??
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Boomercon influencer "Wanye Burkett" had a Helen of Troy moment that kicked this off (he deleted) (archive)
I literally don't care if the entire country burns down and everyone I love dies, that would be better than giving an inch to "right wing" 24-year-olds who are indistinguishable from progressives except they hate immigrants
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Matt Walsh appears, of course. No boomercon situation would be complete without the Daily Wire's Ron Swanson showing up to give us the astroturfed bearded family man position archive
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Reminder that Chris just hired a porn star lib for a $300k journalist position (archive)
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My absolute favorite part is Rufo retweeting a guy who did exactly what he's recommending (worked his way up to manager position in fast food) without reading the whole thread where the guy says it was a horrible experience that he would only wish on his worst enemies archive
If Vivek's "Saved by the Bell" post was his Waterloo, this is the Con Inc Pearl Harbor. The entire conservagrifter alliance turned out to get decimated on X. Bottom line is, nobody would be taking issue with "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" except the people preaching that want to import foreigners to replace the people they're talking to!!
"Learn to code" has now become "learn to shovel fried rice." Amazing economy!!
It's assistant manager, so you would have to grind for years of 4am lo mein cooking sessions and dealing with riffraff customers for the privilege.
From the former Chik-Fil-A guy I linked at the bottom, who worked out a deal to get auto-promoted to manager
I've seen entry level jobs at $16-17, which is still way higher than it used to be. In Texas it's probably $12/hr. The hard inflation stat from Biden's reign is 20%... everything is 20% less value (or worse) than it used to be. Which is insanity.
Either way, Rufo is a privileged imbecile who should be forced to make a career out of Taco Bell. But I'm sure he's too high skill for that
Rufo apparently lives in Gig Harbor, WA. I have been to Gig Harbor, and $70k/year isn't going to get you very far there. You'll certainly never be able to afford a house on that.
I worked at Wendy's when I was a kid, minimum wage was still $5.15 at the time. So of course I made $5.15/hr. They offered me an assistant manager position right before I graduated high school.
The college girl who already was an assistant manager told me to turn it down. They offered her $8/hr at 40/wk but as salary, not hourly, but they always scheduled her for 50 hours a week, and she had to come in during any lunch or dinner rush when someone quit or no-call/no-showed. She said that was at least once a week, sometimes she'd have to be there for lunch and dinner on Saturday and Sunday despite already having worked 50 hours between Monday and Friday. Several times she had to work open to close, like 6am to midnight, because someone had quit or been fired and someone else had called in "sick". She told me several times she made less than minimum wage because she worked so many hours in a week.
After I said no thanks, they started fucking up my scheduled hours, some days I'd be on schedule for 10 or more hours, some I'd only be there for 2 hours during lunch. Basically just long enough to waste gas driving there and back and get dirty enough to have to shower twice within 3 hours. I quit.
Also, don't eat Wendy's chili. It's disgusting how it's made/kept.