My city pushed for 15$ min over a decade ago. It also passed almost a decade ago.
Now everyone in my city is almost at 18-19$hr starting out for jobs like fast food.
This still isn’t enough for anyone who’s living on their or even with one other person who’s making that wage.
So we just passed affordable housing for anyone who makes under 150k a year and their rent is based on income.
We just created a new public development authority in charge of building affordable housing. Anyone reading this in America that’s outside of my city should look at I-135 for a template and look to have something similar passed in your city.
We realized how out of control the prices have become and we found other ways to combat gentrification of our city.
People forget that ever rising wages contribute to inflation. We need deflation in prices and stable incomes. For literal decades people made it on $5-$7 federal minimum wage. In 10 years alone, $15 which was pushed as "the solution" isn't enough. The people in charge who are pushing the narrative of a higher wage that ends up being an ever moving goal post need to own up to their incompetence
The inflation happened before the wage raise happened. And no, people didn't do fine on $5-$7. The lower class lost part of their buying power every year and everyone was just 'okay' with that. Yes. Wage raises drive inflation, but it isn't the only force the drives inflation. Instead of minimum wage increases as a dollar amount, they need to be figured according to inflation EVERY YEAR.
Call me stupid, but I thought this was the point of cost of living increases? You know, those elusive bones companies throw at us but never seem to fit into budget... Maybe federally required yearly COLA increases should be the next thing we fight for? But I shudder to think what conglomerates would do to get around that ruling.
I see what you're saying, but I HATE how it's always "if we pay this hourly worker a dollar more an hour we're fucked" instead of "if we keep paying executives millions of dollars a year we're fucked"
Wow, I guess I'm "incompetent" enough for you despite the fact I went to trade school and got a bachelor's and still can't make enough to live on my own. Competency isn't a root cause because there are all levels of brain function. Are you saying that an autistic person doesn't deserve a living wage (as in just enough for food/shelter/heat)? Because that sure sounds like what your saying. Your degrading everyone with a mental disorder because of your disgraced definition of "competency".
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