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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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Raising wages just raises the price of everything because they have to recoup cost
Alabamarednek · 36-40, M
@SStarfish not if you the DOJ grows the courage to BREAK UP WALL STREET turning the fortune 500 into the fortune 5 million which will free up the market.

Living wages ARE AFFORDABLE. As is FAMILY LIVING WAGES.

Just breaking up Vanguard, Blackrock, Zillow and JP Morgan alone would have a rapid positive impact on the market.