Should minimum wage be raised? Absolutely to what? $?$?$

I won't quote a dollar numbers. What I will say, is that it needs to be a single living wage.

Defined as enough for a teen out of high school to reasonably afford Rent of a 1 bedroom apartment, transportation, food, healthcare, education.

INDEPENDENT of mom and dad at the rate of 40 hours a week. 160 hours a month or less.

That's supposed to be the minimum. Not the top tier of the skilled pay scale. More skilled trades should be paying FAMILY LIVING WAGES. Which of Defined as a wage that is MODESTLY capable of SELF SUFFICIENTLY supporting a family of 4 at the rate of 160 work hours a month 40 hours a week.

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Graylight · 51-55, F

The average cost of a home in the US in 1930 was $6,000. Should we still be paying that? In 1955, a new car cost $3,000. Is that price still justified? Fast food workers in 1976 made $2.30 an hour. And you think that's okay.

The average monthly rental for an apartment in the US is $1,702. Using the 30% rule for household expenses, a person has to make $60K before taxes to reach an apartment of $1,500 monthly. Right now, the average wage is $12 hr. $24.9K annually. If you believe data from [i]Data USA[/i], the median wage for fast food workers in 2022 was [i]$3,299[/i], $5 above the [i]national poverty line.[/i]

Now, you assume incorrectly, despite knowing better, the demographics for fast food workers. Yes, counter service was intended to manned by kids who needed a little extra money. It wasn't a career wage for them. It could pay for a semester at a state school, though.

Now, 12 % of workers are 30-40 years. 51% are 20-30 years old. That represents 3,174,216 workers who are career-aged but can only find work at fast food restaurants. And 2/3 of those people are female.

Wages are on the rise, as regulated by the federal government. If you don't think slining food demands enough work to be paid fairly, you're free to make your own meals.

SatyrService · M

@Graylight you got this well in hand whats wrong with fair?

@SamInAZinteresting you have blocked the option to rely to your posts.
that Profile pic makes me wonder.
now when a Corporate entity that makes Billions, and those are NOT shared with those who did the work? who i harmed if that bottom line is reduced a bit by paying the workforce, better.

without the workers,, there IS no profit.

Graylight · 51-55, F

@SatyrService Fair, by design, neglect and greed, has no place in the capitalist marketplace. I am one of the strongest supporters of "fair" and it disheartens me that the basic human being hasn't learned to live by the concept yet, but when you set up a system whose end game is to die with the most money, fair's never going to move into the neighborhood.

SatyrService · M

@Graylight a fine observation
"fair" has seemed to be dropped as a value

Graylight · 51-55, F

@SatyrService On all levels, in all domains. It makes you wonder if we're losing our right to share this planet.

SatyrService · M

@Graylight we are
it is the New feudalism