You Can't Have It Both Ways

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Today a connection of facebook was complaining about the unqualified people he was having to wade through in order to hire someone. He said, (in part) Why apply for a job when you have no experience what so ever? I mean nothing even in the ball park.... Your not going to get a 100k accounting job because being a cashier at McDonalds doesn't exactly qualify you. No one is going to magically hand you a better life because you clicked "submit resume". He went on to say something about the people not being "qualified" to bathe his dogs. (The person in question breeds and sells English bulldogs but that's a different can of worms.) In reply to his post I said, So, that means people should stop telling retail workers get "real jobs", right? Because REALLY. Every time customer service workers argue that we need a raise in minimum wage, just so we can earn a LIVING wage without having to work 2, 3 or more jobs then we are told by everyone on their high horses to "Just get a real job." Like it really is that easy. I mean, like the man said, " No one is going to magically hand you a better life because you clicked "submit resume" These real jobs ya'll want us poor people to go out and get are not being given to us. You can't have it both ways. Society can't tell us to get real jobs and at the same time not offer jobs to anyone without a 20 year degree. Locally, even the "entry level" jobs not only want a degree but 2 to 5 years of experience. Yeah....that's not ENTRY LEVEL is it? Nobody wants to train people anymore. The other answer often given is to go to school to get a degree and then that magical real job can be yours. But when you grow up in poverty you don't really have a chance to go to school. You have to go to work immediately to keep a roof over your head and food in your tummy. Not everyone is smart or athletic enough to get a free ride on a scholarship. And when you're dirt poor people aren't beating down your door to give you loans either. I work, in retail, with TONS of people who had to drop out of college because they couldn't afford it. Because they work retail. Where you don't get paid enough to live. But they can't get a better job without college and they can't afford college without a better job, so its kind of a catch 22. And this turned out to be a very long post that nobody will ever read. If you DID make it to the end, what do you think about my FB connections comment?