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two party system is a scam (lemmy.ca)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Minimum wage is not the same thing as a living wage. The minimum wage should be a living wage, but it isn't.

See: NY. We just got our minimum wage increase and it's 15-16/hr depending on where you are in NY... That's what we were fighting for more than ten goddamn years ago. $15-$16/hr is an absolute joke on Long Island and NYC. I finally managed to claw my way up to 60k/year and as a single guy the thought of homeownership on long Island is as fantastical and far-fetched as a unicorn, forget about 15/hr... You can't even rent most illegal apartments at that income alone.

The conversation needs to be about what constitutes a living wage and how to calculate it at a given time for each area not just blanket minimum wage increases to specific numbers that sound nice to chant like "fight for fifteen."

[–] gofsckyourself 2 points 9 months ago

Achieving a living wage starts by raising the minimum wage.

[–] rambaroo -4 points 9 months ago

Lol getting down voted out of pure tribalism. The complete unwillingness of their base to seriously criticize Democrats is such a massive fucking turn off to voting for them.