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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Musicman · 61-69, M

Evidently you have been sleeping the last few years. Business is never going to let you keep your raise. You could raise minimum wage to $1000 an hour and business would just raise the cost of everything. They are never going to let you keep your raise. The best thing to do is get a promotion or a better job making more money. No one should strive to stay at minimum wage.

SamInAZ · 41-45, M

@Musicman advocating for minimum wage increases is some Stockholm Syndrome type of behavior. Let's raise the minimum wage, never mind that every time we do it, everything goes up in price & your pocketbook feels like you never got one. It's a total scam.

Musicman · 61-69, M

@SamInAZ Plus when minimum wage increases that's just it, minimum wage. Everyone else's pay stays the same. Then when prices rise like now under Biden everyone suffers.

SamInAZ · 41-45, M

@Musicman yep. You know what you are talking about.

Nitedoc · 51-55, M

@Musicman That's what I was saying. The consumer will end up paying for that raise out of their pocket. I can remember when raises were based on merit!

Musicman · 61-69, M

@Nitedoc Yes, but only the people making minimum wage get an increase. Everyone elses pay stays the same, but yet they still suffer the massive inflation as prices rise.

Nitedoc · 51-55, M

@Musicman That's hardly far to the skilled vocational worker who spent the, money, time and effort to learn how to make a decent living in their trade.

Musicman · 61-69, M

@Nitedoc Exactly!