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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)

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Sen. Bernie Sanders is once again calling for a higher federal minimum wage. The current rate has been $7.25 since 2009.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That’s a good point. I’m sure they’d do something like that. That’s why we tie it to a ton of measures: cost of a gallon of milk+minimum rent+average healthcare costs for a family+S&P 500+cost of phone and internet+etc. A huge, comprehensive reflection of the cost of living AND include the oligarchs favorite market metrics. If we have to bail out Silicon Valley venture capital, they should pay higher minimum wage when they are reaping large returns.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Question - do we also reduce wages if there's deflation?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just make it so it never goes down. It is a minimum, no reason to lower the floor for the lowest earners

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago

I agree with you, that sounds like a way to make it harder for them to screw with the measurement. I'd vote for it!

(My new worry is that they'd see it being an issue well before it was implemented, and pay Fox News to call it part of the trans, communist agenda or whatever, so it would never pass. Fuck. Maybe that's enough bubble bath white wine for now...)