News flash: It's not just fast food workers who make less than $15 an hour

Brett T. | 1:22 AM on August 30, 2013

The nation’s fry cooks will presumably head back to work Friday without that raise they demanded in a series of rallies and walkouts across the nation Thursday. President Obama certainly doesn’t care about the working poor: if he had his way, he’d force them to work for only $9 an hour rather than the $15 they need to survive.

If fast food workers do end up securing that $15 an hour wage, a lot of people might want to trade in their degrees for spatulas.

https://twitter.com/KaraTharpe/status/373201851480428544

@HLNTV I am a teacher that works with special needs children.I don't make $15.00/hr and I have a degree! I will work there if that happens!

— CindyC (@CindyCha70) August 29, 2013

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https://twitter.com/Diva_Starlet/status/373275801581805568

#letitrip don't fast food workers realize that there are police officers and fire fighters that don't make $15/ hour despite their training

— Brandon Kelley (@brandonkelley11) August 30, 2013

https://twitter.com/bluuRaeeinHD/status/373258758987579392

https://twitter.com/michaelasmith07/status/373248422435758080

I make burgers, sandwiches, etc. for a living, and I damn sure don't make $15 an hr. Get a clue, strikers..#fastfood #strike #areyouserious

— Dickens_Cider (@Larrylegend69) August 30, 2013

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