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Democrats want to make the minimum wage $17 an hour and give nearly 28 million workers a raise
(www.businessinsider.com)
this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2023
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That is $34k a year for full time. The minimum wage was around $15 (too lazy to do the exact math right now) in todays dollars in 1968. I doubt that would cause major issues in the overall economy and would help many.
If you are writing now wage laws, please have them double on national holidays.
In an economy that is based on charging each other, the more people that has money the more opportunity for all.
In 1955 the average annual wage was 4,400 a year, equivalent to $50,000 today.
So this $17 an hour doesn't seem too far off.
Also, I totally agree that we need more holidays and vacation time. Minimum 3 weeks of vacation a year, on top of holidays, along with allowing a minimum of 9 months for maternity leave and 3 to 6 months for paternity leave.
Now we're at it, I would like universal healthcare and world peace too please. 😉
Good news! There's one simple solution to all that - you just have to get governments to do their job and have them make sure the corporations exist because they benefit the people, instead of the way we're doing it now
Just 1 easy step!