Comments By Sam C.

Yes there's more traffic but haven't they expanded roadways and added new highways? Yep.

They monitor drivers to make it safer for people around them. Yep that seems like a bad idea.

It's harder to make excuses why you screwed up? Really? Lol

And for family, yes that still sucks but I bet you talk to them all day, even see them on Skype. Not the same as being there true but way better than the 5 min phone call at a truck stop.

It's hard being the smartest guy here

As for Bretts post about whether drivers do less not work as hard as they did 25 years ago. The answer is yes, they don't work as hard nor do they do as much. My grandfather was a otr driver for over 30 years, back when it was all on the driver to figure out and plan his trip. Now a days technology does everything for you. Want to know the weather, click your doppler app. Need a place to park, click truckers path. Where am I headed, type in the address on the GPS. Nothing is planned anymore. The trucks are 100x safer and with more and more companies going to the automatics, you won't even have to shift. Yes! The job has gotten easier. Yes! Truckers today don't work as hard as they did then. The same goes for every business. Even burger flippers don't actually flip burgers anymore.

I went on to get accepted to Harvard University (didn't go because I didn't like the program set up) as well as 15 other colleges.

Explain again how this comment proves my point bogus and invalid. Let me get this straight, YOU didn't want to go to Harvard so now it's someone else's fault you ended up homeless and unsuccessful? Once again I stand by my point from the start. People need to be accountable for the decisions they make in life that got them to the point they are. I'm sure it's hard for those Harvard graduates to find successful jobs.

You are right, there doesn't need to be slums. But in order for that to happen then everyone has to hold themselves accountable for their own lives. When they realize the only reason they are where they are is their own fault then they will fight to make it better... Loved newsroom BTW.

Sam, when I started trucking in 1993 I was making about the same money or more than what drivers are making today. Adjusted for inflation, drivers today are making barely half of what we made 20 years ago doing the same job. And yet the upper management at these same companies are making triple or more what they were back then.

Your theory is that people are making exactly what they deserve and they aren't entitled to any more. If they want to make more money then they should quit being so lazy and uneducated and get out there and make something of themselves. So the reason drivers today are making half of what we were back then from your perspective must be pretty simple and obvious:

That's not at a what I'm saying. What I'm saying is that it is all supply and demand. That if you want to get ahead then you have to work harder than everyone else. Remember that kid in school that everyone picked on for being a geek or a nerd? He was working harder than you to secure his future. He got straight A's in school and got a scholarship to college where he continued to work hard and got on the dean's list. Now he's one of those fat cat ceos you hate. You could have done the same thing but instead you chose to go the way you did. Which led you here. The trucking companies have realized that all of us are a dime a dozen. That it takes very little skill and that there is always someone waiting to take your spot. This is why there isn't more money in it. Same with every other entry level position. We don't bring anything to the table. If you want more money then you have to work harder than an entry level job.

1.) The Walton's have exploited the people for decades, created people dependent on these meager tidings, did so, making billions, and now you want to justify it afterwards?

2.) NO, you cannot survive on minimum wage. No where in the country can you afford to live on $7.25/hour. No where.

3.) Never once was I talking about LUXURIES (cell phones, etc).

4.) Why is life so hard? Are you telling me that you want to justify the Walton's paying slave wages and making life so hard for people because they need another billion?

5.) How many minimum wage jobs should I get?

6.) Interestingly, you totally ignored my FDR remarks about paying a living wage. Also, I find it completely FASCINATING that you blame someone making $7.25/hour because you think that they think that they deserve more without working, yet you have no problem with the people that created this reality. It shows lack of empathy and lack of compassion and shows your true character.

1. Nobody forced you to shop at Walmart, you choose to. You are not dependent on them, you just want to save a few bucks. 2. There are slums everywhere. Grab a few minimum wage buddies and get a place. 3. Besides food and shelter, everything is a luxury. 4. Life is hard because you have to work hard to get ahead. I don't even know where to begin with the slave labor ****. You realize that slaves weren't paid right? They didn't have a choice on anything in their lives. They were forced to work until they died. How could you even possibly compare someone who chooses where he works, when he works, and how much he is paid to a slave? That's right I said he chose how much he is paid. That's the one thing you seem to forget is that he Chose that job. He wasn't forced! 5. You only need 1 minimum wage job. Reefer to answer 2. Nobody said you had the right to your own place or to raise a family on your income. In fact, if you chose to start a family when you can't even take care of yourself, that makes you even a bigger dumba$$. 6. Obviously they make a living wage.

Yes the Waltons deserve to make billions. After all, it is THEIR company. Not yours! As for all the lazy people making minimum wages, guess what, you can survive on minimum wage. Can you live where you want? Nope. Can you have cable, Internet, a car, cell phone, eat steak, drink beer, go out, have a big screen TV, or any of the many other things people think are a rightright. NO!!! But do all of these people have these things, bet your a$$ they do. Not only do they have all of this, they think they deserve it all. Guess what, life is hard! Stop crying and work harder.

Lol, yep. You are completely right. Nobody in the Walton family worked for the money. It was the genie of the lamp. Damn, now if only we could find that lamp so that you can be rich. I mean why should you have to work for it! Lol... The real problem is your jealousy of the rich. Like I said, Anybody can be rich! Just work for it. I'll have a nice chunk to hand down to my son, who will in turn, add to it and hand down to his. And so on and so on. This is how empires are born. Nobody just wakes up one day from nothing to the top 1%. It took generations to get there.

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Wow!!!! We have a winner! The BIGGEST PILE OF EXCREMENT EVER POSTED! I am pretty sure MOST of the big money in the USA/World today is inherited. How many hours do Walton heirs work?

And how do you think there was money to inherit? Oh that's right, somebody in that family tree busted their a$$ to get it. Why are we a country of entitlement? Why does everyone think they deserve more for doing as little as possible? How have you made things better for your company that they should give you more? Have you upped revenue? No. Have you brought in new business? No. Have you cut loss? No. Did you invent something? No. What have you done? That's right, you did the job that takes almost no skill at all. A job that you can be replaced by anyone off the street, no education needed. Yep, you deserve so much more.

However, if someone "flips burgers", there can be any number of reasons. Let's just peruse a hypothetical example. "Tim" flips burgers. But see, Tim grew up in a bad side of Chicago (Hegwich, neighborhood maybe). Dad was an alcoholic and mom ran away. Tim had to quit high school, after getting into gangs. But, Tim found some inspiration and now got a job at McDonalds. He has no diploma, no GED, and no way to get those. He flips a mean burger, and works all the hours he can get. If he works 39.5 hours (they won't give him the last half hour to avoid full time benefits) he cannot even afford a 1 bedroom apartment with utilities. Let alone ANYTHING else.

This is the reason I am completely against this. So Tim destroyed his life and now it's someone else's fault he can't afford to live. How about this scenario. Tim, who only works part time at Mcds because they don't allow anyone full time unless they are management, decides to get off his a$$ and go get his ged. They have testing every week at your local library. After Tim gets his ged he can now apply for a new job. Now that Tim got a new job and works 40 hours a week things are getting better. Not great but better, he knows if he buckles down and works hard he will make more so that's what he does. 10 years later, Tim is a foreman at his company, owns a house, and is continuing to better himself. Stop giving people handouts.