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sanitation@lemmy.today to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 16 days ago

Minimum wage isn't survivable anymore

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Minimum wage isn't survivable anymore

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sanitation@lemmy.today to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 16 days ago
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    16 days ago

    It’s higher than $15 in most places

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      Literally five seconds to find. Now count how many places are over 15.

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        14 days ago

        god look at florida. NU UHHH $15 minimim wage is socialism… we’re gonna set it to $14

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      Only five states have minimum wage above 15. Only 8 total are at 15 or higher. According to this: https://wagebystate.com/minimum-wage/

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        And most major metro areas have their own minimum wage separate from the state.

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          Jesus, just stop typing.

          You’re been wrong at every turn because you’re the shining example the embodiment of the dunning-kruger effect. So confidently incorrect even with literal research at your fingertips that you refuse to use.

          It’s embarrassing.

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            Listen, I don’t give a fuck about what the rural hicks make. Where most people live, in cities, the minimum wage is significantly higher.

            Further, virtually nobody makes minimum wage anyway. Fewer than 1%.

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              You attempted to move the goalposts twice in a single comment, impressive.

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              Actually, the financial system that oppresses people is totally great, and it’s not even that oppressive anyway! Only a few thousand people die from it every year, and that’s completely acceptable from my perspective because I’m not in that situation.

              Are you proud of your arguments here? Do they make you feel like a valuable person? Does this genre of viewpoint make your friends and family happy to have you around? Just a few questions for you to entertain because you seem content that others are miserable.

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          Nope. currently, 67 counties and cities do: https://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/inventory-of-us-city-and-county-minimum-wage-ordinances/

          And half the population lives in what are considered “rural” areas.

          Edit: I guess that last part isn’t true anymore. Only 20%.

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          How many?
          Which ones?

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      You couldn’t be more wrong. I make less than I made 25 years ago, and I’m not even close to minimum. Jobs around me mostly hire at $11-12. Maybe $16 if you’re a welder or something.

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        Lmao fucking what. McDonald’s starts at $18.

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          McDonalds isn’t the minimum.
          McDonalds starts higher than the minimum, because even they know the minimum is too low.

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            McDonald’s is literally right at the bottom. “Doesn’t even compete with fast food” is a bar in hell.

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              It is indeed
              And the minimum is still even lower than that

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                Sorry I was actually wrong.

                McDonald’s starts at $19.29. Because that’s the minimum wage where I am.

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                  $19.29 is in Denver, CO
                  McDonald’s in Denver pays $20.08

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                    There you go. Even higher lol.

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      Just gonna leave this here. Federal Minimum Wage

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