"I worry that the path to a skilled trade can be compromised when you offer an artificially high wage for, I hate the expression, but an unskilled job." ~ Mike Rowe (www.foxbusiness.com)

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The host of Dirty Jobs said that when asked about the debate of the raising the minimum wage in April 2021.

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[-] datatitian@social.coop 2 points 1 year ago

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Yeah they'd burn their hand off in the deep fryer before they figured out how to make fries.

Mike Rowe is paid by the Koch oil barons to spread their propaganda message that people who perform society's vital functions belong in a underclass and they don't deserve a chance to enrich themselves at college when they're young

https://citationsneeded.libsyn.com/episode-64-mike-rowes-koch-backed-working-man-affectation

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