How High Should Minimum Wage Be? UCLA Students Weigh In

I always kinda brace myself when Will Witt puts out one of his videos.

Why?

Because the vast majority of them kill a little bit more of my hope in humanity.

I mean holy mother of DERP, are people CLUELESS.

Witt asked UCLA students what the minimum wage SHOULD be.

The vast majority of them proved that

Students’ answers ranged from $15 an hour to $25 AN HOUR.

25 AN HOUR FOR FLIPPING BURGERS.

OH- and it gets WORSE.

As Witt continued to suggest further increases, going as high as $45 an hour, one student asked: “Where do you draw the line? That’s the question.” He then agreed to $45.

However, the student noted that when his former job raised the wage to $11 an hour, the company cut employee hours to compensate.

Witt then asked two students if everyone should have the same base salary, even if some people work harder than others. One stated that while such a situation doesn’t seem fair, the base salary should remain the same. The other seemed to get Witt’s reasoning, ultimately saying that such a system would be “silly” because the business would be “wasting their own resources” on an employee that is losing them money.

Witt replied: “That’s what a minimum wage is.”

PARENTS.

THIS IS WHY YOU FORCE YOUR KIDS TO GET A PART-TIME JOB.

Seriously… these kids have NO idea how money works. More often than not, it’s because their parents never FORCED THEM TO.