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Debate: Should fast food culture be stopped?
Side: Fast food culture continues

Fast food to some people is good but to others like me it is bad and I do not eat fast food as to lose weight and also to keep myself and prevent any diseases from destroying my life
Debate: Should fast food culture be stopped?
Side: Fast food culture continues

even though it is unhealthy, it is convenient especially in our fast paced style of life. People are constantly on the move and tend to choose the convenient. Unless organic food can be made cheaper or even healthier food made more accessible, fast food culture is seen to be much more accessible and will continue due to the differing eating habits of humans
Debate: Should fast food culture be stopped?
Side: Fast food culture continues

If you don't like something, you don't buy it, simple as that. Why stop something because some people don't like it? We all know it's unhealthy yet we still buy it, and fast food companies make a huge amount of money from it because its cheap. The fast food culture is so prevalent in our modern world, it would be a mistake to get rid of it because countries like America rely on it so much. I know it's bad for our health and is not doing anything for obesity levels but there is no way that you can abolish something so immense and relevant in today's world.
Debate: Should fast food culture be stopped?
Side: Fast food culture continues

I think that fast food should go on because some people don't have tine to sit down and eat a well prepared meal at an good restaurant... Or the money to eat "healthy".
Debate: Should fast food culture be stopped?
Side: Fast food culture continues

No, it would be to hard to do so! You could limit how often it opens at most.
Debate: Should fast food culture be stopped?
Side: Fast food culture continues

What's the point? I mean we can buy the same crappy junk food at walmart, and go home and make it. So what is the point I ask those who say yes to this...? We are a free county, we have been free to make our own choices, if someone who is addicted to food they should get help just like an alcoholic should get help for drink him self to death. Food is something we need to survive. But when we over use anything it becomes harmful. We are faced with choices every day and it is our choice to make good choices. No one else's!!
Debate: Should fast food culture be stopped?
Side: Fast food culture continues

Every fast food is unique. You don't want it to stop because then an unoriginal thinker will steal that fast food idea that someone else thought of
Debate: Should fast food culture be stopped?
Side: Fast food culture continues

Junk food makes people happy so I can't see taking their happiness away.
Debate: Should fast food culture be stopped?
Side: Fast food culture continues

no way mc donalds are on a roll and i love fast food and i will die if they close it down.
Debate: Should fast food culture be stopped?
Side: Fast food culture stopped

Ever heard of waking up a couple of minutes earlier to make yourself a decent eggs and rice? Or a sandwich? Or a breakfast bowl SOMETHING?!?!?!
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: Yes

Without employees, a company can't very well run. They're not going to get fifteen an hour because in this economy, people'd suck dick to get a job at Mickey Dee's, but the average worker deserves more pay. They're the foundation of the company that hired them. They do all of the pain in the ass menial day-to-day tasks that nobody else up the proverbial foodchain wants to do. I'm not saying they should be treated like royalty or have outrageous salaries, but fifteen bucks an hour isn't outrageous by any means.
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: Yes

Hard work is hard work, and people who do hard work deserve to be paid well. It doesn't matter if this hardwork involves going to college or not.
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: Yes

I am feeling defeated here. And not because I regard the arguments against my position as more valid than mine, but because the elitist attitude is just so rampant.No one wants to speak up for workers who are underpaid. It seems that for SO many people, feeling good about their station in life depends on an ability to regard others as more lowly and less deserving.
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: No

If you don't like a free market, move somewhere else. I believe in safety standereds for workers though and no child labor.
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: Yes

If you don't like a free market, move somewhere else.Negotiating for higher pay is not contrary to the free market. I believe in safety standereds for workers though and no child labor.That's nice, I believe that companies THAT CAN afford to pay their employees a decent wage, should.
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: No

Yes, it's still a freemarket but, your making it a tad less free. They can, they'll have to lay off some peope though and ONLY hire people that will be very good at their job. You know why Detroit lost so many of it's jobs? Unions kept demanding higher and higher pay so the companies exported jobs to cheeper countries.
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: Yes

I think it would be cool if people realized that since they are doing the lionshare of the work they ought to be paid fairly. The desire to make a killing off of other peoples labor needs to be seen for what it is and people need to recognize their value, and refuse to work for companies that won't. And this bullshit about unskilled labor, to learn how to do a job well is a skill, and hard work should pay well.Maybe they shouldn't walk off but instead work at a 7.25/hr pace :)
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: No

I learned how to say "you want fries with that" a very long time ago. It is not a difficult concept, you know speaking.
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: Yes

I have had all sorts of different jobs and fast food work is demanding in it's own way. Just because a job is not intellectually demanding doesn't mean it should be extremely low pay. Where the fuck does this idea come from?
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: No

I had to go to college and learn. If I worked hard to gain knowledge that would make it possible for me to do a job that other people can't do, why should I not be paid more? Why not quadruple the fast food wages? That way there will be no incentive to go to school and learn because you can work at McDonalds for the same amount.
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: Yes

I had to go to college and learn.And you think this is necessarily superior to learning elsewhere? If I worked hard to gain knowledge that would make it possible for me to do a job that other people can't do, why should I not be paid more?Who is saying that hard to find talent shouldn't demand a higer wage than easy to find talent?Why not quadruple the fast food wages?If they could, they should. Businesses should pay the highest wages possible.That way there will be no incentive to go to school and learn because you can work at McDonalds for the same amount.The incentive to learn should be curiosity, not fear of having to work for companies that treat their employees like shit
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: No

And you think this is necessarily superior to learning elsewhere?Well, you don't go into debt learning skills at McDonalds.Who is saying that hard to find talent shouldn't demand a higer wage than easy to find talent?Why should easy to find talent have a huge pay increase when they still only have easy to find talent?If they could, they should. Businesses should pay the highest wages possible.Maybe.The incentive to learn should be curiosity, not fear of having to work for companies that treat their employees like shitNow you are being ridiculous. When you don't bring anything to the table you aren't being treated like shit, you are being compensated for what you have, and it is close to nothing, so you get close to nothing.
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: Yes

Well, you don't go into debt learning skills at McDonalds.We live in a debt based society. Maybe if mcdonalds paid more, more bright students that don't think going into debt is a good idea could work their way through college.Why should easy to find talent have a huge pay increase when they still only have easy to find talent?Because they are being grossly underpaid to begin with.Now you are being ridiculous. When you don't bring anything to the table you aren't being treated like shit, you are being compensated for what you have, and it is close to nothing, so you get close to nothing.Without these people that you imply "bring nothing to the table" Mcdonalds would be out of business in a day.
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: No

We live in a debt based society. Maybe if mcdonalds paid more, more bright students that don't think going into debt is a good idea could work their way through college.No, that's how it works now. Raising the wages will make college worthless.Because they are being grossly underpaid to begin with.If that is the case, maybe they should find a better job. What a strange concept.Without these people that you imply "bring nothing to the table" Mcdonalds would be out of business in a day.No, McDonald's just has to say "here is money for showing up and handing out food". The crybabies who quit will be quickly replaced because they have nothing to bring to the table.
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: Yes

Raising the wages will make college worthless.Out earning others is the only good reason you see for going to college? Sad.If that is the case, maybe they should find a better job. What a strange concept.And why shouldn't they do what they can to improve conditions where they are?No, McDonald's just has to say "here is money for showing up and handing out food". The crybabies who quit will be quickly replaced because they have nothing to bring to the table.You are just trying to downtalk manual labor as if it's not as demanding as other kinds of labor. I bet if you worked at a busy Mcdonalds you would change your tune. Vying for more pay doesn't make one a crybaby. The fact that there are a multitude of people willing to work for companies that underpay their employees doesn't change this.
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: No

Out earning others is the only good reason you see for going to college? Sad."Spend money to make money".And why shouldn't they do what they can to improve conditions where they are?You are the one who refuses to discuss other options. I just think it is weird that all of a sudden every single person is deserving of double pay.You are just trying to downtalk manual labor as if it's not as demanding as other kinds of labor. I bet if you worked at a busy Mcdonalds you would change your tune. Vying for more pay doesn't make one a crybaby. The fact that there are a multitude of people willing to work for companies that underpay their employees doesn't change this.Woah woah woah. My response was to the losers who quit to show that McDonalds can't survive without them. Those guys would then be crybabies.
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: Yes

To insist on higher pay, you must be willing to walk .
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: Yes

I remember the time I told my employer that I needed 5$ more an hour if they wanted me to stay. I highly recommend that people grow a pair and demand a fair wage for the amount of work they do in consideration for how much revenue they bring in.
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: Yes

I remember the time I told my employer that I needed 5$ more an hour if they wanted me to stay.What happened? Did he or she give you higher pay?
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: Yes

They gave me the raise. I was really expecting them to try their luck hiring someone new. As it turns out.... standing up for what you are worth is respected by good employers.
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: Yes

Seriously, It would be awesome to watch what would happen if Mcdonalds just agreed to pay 15$/hr to it's employees. The stores would shine, the service would be excellent, and everyone would learn that paying the least amount possible to your employees is a lame way to run a company.
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: No

Even if employee service increases for the better the local business will lose profit that they should be using to improve upon their products. Paying the employees more will not always grant the company better services. This is why the product is of much importance.
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: Yes

If the minimum wage had kept pace with its relative high in the late 1960s, it would now be more than $10 an hour when adjusted for inflation, according to the National Employment Law Project.The minimum wage of $1.60 an hour in 1968 would be $10.74 in 2013 when adjusted for inflation. Proof below.Facts my friends, facts is the only truth.
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: Yes

Prejudice upon fast-food workers that they are lack of professional skills is perhaps the very barricade which keeps us from recognizing their efforts. It is never easy to encounter every different customer with unconditional smile. We need to compensate for their huge contribution to our convenience.
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: Yes

It is awful how fast food workers are waiting on people all day long for a pittance. They certainly deserve $15 an hour.
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: No

This will on result in less employment and bad service with higher prices.
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: Yes

If people refuse to work for companies that don't pay them equitably considering the amount of profit the company makes on a daily basis, these companies will be forced to become better employers and the quality of service will go up because employees will value their position more. If the people at the top want top be stingy with those doing most of the work...fuck em.
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: No

Each McDonald's is locally owned but nationally directed by corporate, so most of the profit is localized. Corporate really makes profit on franchise fees and what not. There is not as much money as you think.If these people want to earn more money, they have to strive for self betterment and obtain more skills and knowledge. These positions don't require many skills, so any increase in wages will result other people accepting lower wages.
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: Yes

There is not as much money as you think.There could be more than you think. No one has numbers so this is a dead endI can tell you from experience that 4 well paid employees, will outperform 8 employees, that you pay as little as they will tolerate. 4 X 16$/hr employees > 8 X 8$/hr employeesIf these people want to earn more money, they have to strive for self betterment and obtain more skills and knowledge. The job does not need to be an inherently undignified position as you and so many others propose.These positions don't require many skills, so any increase in wages will result other people accepting lower wages.I can only tell you that I think the disparity of pay is (I strongly suspect, because again we've got no numbers here) greater than I would consider reasonable. I don't think positions that don't require many skills should be necessarily low pay. I think the work output and stress on the body should be considered. People who work hard should be paid well period. I am not saying "let's legally enforce this" I am saying I would prefer the ethic to be "pay your employees as much as possible"
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: No

I can you tell you from experience that 4 well paid employees don't outperform 8 employees. It's all about the DMVP.There is nothing wrong with working at McDonald's.The supply and demand of a job is a more determining factor of pay than skills. How does ethics come into play? It is about sound economics, and doubling the salary is really bad economics.
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: Yes

I can you tell you from experience that 4 well paid employees don't outperform 8 employees. It's all about the DMVP.I'd rather have one employee who knows they are worth 30$/hr than 4 who think 7.50/hr is a fair exchange for their time.There is nothing wrong with working at McDonald's.Yes there is. The company can afford to pay a decent wage and prefers not to.The supply and demand of a job is a more determining factor of pay than skills.Agreed. People need to pick their heads up, realize their worth, and help diminish the supply of cheap laborHow does ethics come into play? It is about sound economics, and doubling the salary is really bad economics.Examples of unethical behavior that can be defended as being just good economics are not hard to find. There IS A REASON why there are laws against price gouging (not that I think there should be), and it is the same reason businesses shouldn't operate from a "let's pay the lowlies as little as we can" philosophy.
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: No

Being worth $30 an hour is earned, not some entitlement.Corporate McDonald's doesn't own many or any of the restraunts, they are locally owned national chain. Dimishing cheap labor is very unwise considering most jobs require experience in the workplace before they earn more income.It is not unethical and not defended as bad economics. It is unsound economics. Business model will not long and you will be out of business in no time.
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: No

If they are forced to raise wages to $15 per hour, they will fire all the people who made it happen and hire people who are actually worth $15 dollars per hour. And then yes, the quality of service would rise, along with the prices.
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: Yes

Unless we can talk numbers concerning what the average profit is for a store, you can't reasonably argue that employees aren't already worth 15$/hr. I'm confident that in busy stores, they are easily worth that. As far as prices needing to be raised, I doubt this would be necessary, upper management just needs to stop being so stingy and pay their employees what they can afford to instead of keeping more than their fair share to themselves.
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: No

I see people build houses for $15/hr. Building burgers, even well, isn't worth that much. No matter how busy a person is, it's productivity that matters.There are low skill jobs that pay more than fast food. If people don't like their pay at a low productivity job, they can go somewhere else. Worth is not an objective value, neither is what you think is a fair share. Markets are cold and unbiased, that's why they are the fairest measure.BTW are there any McScabs trying to fill in for the strikers?
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: Yes

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Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: No

If they want more money maybe they should try to do a better job... try to be friendlier and not fuck up people's orders. The better employees get more hours, better reviews which means bigger raises and the opportunity for advancement to management.
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: Yes

I know from my experience as an employer that it's better to pay the highest wage you can so the job is desirable. Employees who can't perform up to par should be let go. Those who can shouldn't have to play the fucking waiting game. Good workers deserve a good wage. All else should be let go.
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: No

I know from my experience as an employer that it isn't that simple. I hire people at rates based on their experience. I can't afford to hire some 16 year old at a higher rate only to discover they suck and have to go through the long process of written warnings etc that it takes to terminate them. 16 year olds are not supporting families, they're getting their foot in the door of the workforce while attending school and college... if they do a good job they can receive a positive letter of reference from their employer when they graduate.
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: Yes

Bummer for you that you aren't in a right to work state. You should be able to let someone go with or without explaining the reason. They probably don't pay you enough either.
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: Yes

My industry isn't unionized... still, corporate won't allow people to just be terminated willy nilly without considerable documentation because they're afraid of being sued. As for my salary... it's very generous and there's tons of opportunity for advancement for those younger people that want to work hard and do a good job.
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: Yes

And internet access from what it looks like. ;)
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: No

It makes me sad how entitled people are, fast-food work doesn't require any special skills. With so many people unemployed, those positions will be filled overnight, walk-offs only work if you will be missed.
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: Yes

It makes me sad how entitled people arePeople are entitled to negotiate for higher payfast-food work doesn't require any special skillsBut it is physically demanding and stressful. Jobs that are demanding should pay wellWith so many people unemployed, those positions will be filled overnight, walk-offs only work if you will be missed.Boy do I remember what it's like to be treated like a replaceable cog as opposed to a person. Kudos to those brave enough to say "fuck that"
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: No

Jobs are not paid according to how physically demanding they are. They are paid according to a combination of the actual value of the job, the supply of labor available, and the demand for said labor.In the fast food industry, the actual value of the labor is the only thing that might merit an increase, given that these companies tend to enjoy generous profit margins. But the fact of the matter is that the supply of labor for this type of work far outstrips the actual demand for labor; thats one of the consequences of the level of employment we have right now.Also consider that just about every industry employs or makes use of minimum wage workers somewhere along the line. Raising the minimum wage to $15/hour means that, in order to maintain profit margins and keep the shareholders happy, layoffs will be required, and the remaining employees will have to be significantly more productive. This means more unemployment. The other possibility is a significant increase in prices across the board, but that won't fly; it'll mean lost sales, meaning that the layoffs and overworking of the remainder will still be required. Realistically? It will mean more people illegally employed and paid under the table.When you're doing unskilled work, you really ARE a replaceable cog in a machine. It seems harsh to put it that way, but thats what it is. If you want to be something more than a replaceable cog in the machine, you need to increase your value as an employee and seek employment in a job market that has requirements beyond "show up to work mostly sober."
Debate: Should fast-food workers earn $15 an hour?
Side: No

Not just fast food workers, everyone needs a minimum wage increase. Now I still think 15 is a little high for something you can learn accidentally. I mean honestly my sister was working in a fast food place once, I was there to get her ( a little early) so she called me back to wait. I got tired of waiting and started helping the staff, with orders and cleaning.