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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    “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. So to me, the brightest line needs to be drawn between skilled and unskilled work. We need to encourage more people to learn a skill that’s actually in demand,” he said.

    How about they both make more?

    $15 is an “artificially high wage”. How disconnected are you, you dunce? That’s $30k a year, while the cheapest apartment anywhere is over $1000 a month. That leaves you $1,500 a month for food, car, utilities, basic needs. And that ain’t shit.

    Mike Rowe has a micro penis.