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Bernie Sanders Demands a $17 Minimum Wage as Trump’s Tariffs Embarrass GOP (truthout.org)
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[–] peteyestee@feddit.org 40 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

That's still a sad minimum wage. MIT clearly calculates a more realistic minimum wage for each state and county nationwide. Any place I've looked at in the past 5 years has been 20+ usually 20-26 but even saying that doesn't matter. And lasted I looked into the calculations they were based on a no-life lifestyle, and no processed food.

Minimum wage is something no one should budge on. If inflation happens minimum wage adjusts.

[–] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, I don’t understand why it’s a fixed number and not a formula…

[–] kerntucky@infosec.pub 4 points 2 days ago

I do: greed and corruption. It sucks but it's the truth.

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Increasing min wage is great and all, but doesnt really solve the real problemn like landlord greed and corpations buying up real estate driving of living costs.

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 3 points 2 days ago

If inflation happens minimum wage adjusts.

this is the way it works in australia and it works great! based on cpi though, so a more reliable “cost of living” metric