Minimum wage is grim as fuck. But the reality is that so many people are trapped in the financial strata that they are in due to a complicated and unfair structure of ‘benefits’ and tax credits. If they were able to get some cash in pocket to subsidise things then I wouldn’t turn my nose up at it.
Collecting bottles doesn’t really equate to street cleaning either. It’s a side hustle that exists in so many other countries (western and non-western). In Germany you put your bottles beside the bin rather than inside as it means nobody is tempted to have to go through the bins. There’s ways for this to be more dignified on a grassroots level. |