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To be fair states, and even cities have their own minimum wage too, and those have gone up. Federal minimum wage is just the base line.
Not for citizens in 20 states, and 2 territories. The cities may have something, but since those places are all regressive overall, I doubt it.
That's true, but the baseline should be able to afford food and housing somewhere. Currently it affords that precisely nowhere. As a result, multigenerational homes are becoming more prevalent, children are working to help support households more, and single income families are nigh extinct. My wife and I are DINKs in a 2 bedroom apartment because the cost of houses is absolutely insane here. It's hard find even a fucking townhouse for less than $500k lol. Most single family homes are at least $700k. At this rate, we'll see polyamory and polygamy become more accepted because it's gonna get to a point where only working throuples can afford shit anymore.
This is something that I actually interesting culturally. Here in the US multi generational family homes are essentially considered a bad thing, but down in Costa Rica where my family is Multi generational homes are maybe not a goal per se, but something expected as your parents age, or as your kids grow up. Youβll grow up, move out for school, to get a job, and as you get older youβll try to stick next to your family, and eventually your parents move back in so you can take care of them.
Obviously doing this out of necessity is bad, but a fun culture difference to observe.