Too bad reality doesn't match our fantasies. Sometimes a starter job is the only career possible.
Right now in America the federal minimum wage is $7.25/hour, averaging about $15,000 a year. When the majority of minimum wage workers are women, we can’t deny the fact that this isn’t enough to feed your family or pay for childcare. Time to raise the wage to $15.
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Kamala, go back and try again. 1) Min. wage jobs aren’t intended to supply a living wage to families, and that SHOULDN’T be their role. 2) Basic econ teaches us that as wages increase across a population, so does the cost of living. Soon $15 won’t be enough for you either.
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Sure that solves the problem - then a can of Fancy Feast which cost 65 cents now, will cost over $1. Great idea Kamala. I can see you would make America even greater with that program.
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OR...CEO's can stop taking multi million dollar bonuses. It's a quandary!
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If minimum wage had simply kept pace with inflation since the 1970s, it would be over $22.00 an hour by now.
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Absolutely. Made even more necessary by the 5% exporting OUR jobs with purchasing power and keeping the savings for themselves.
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Bet all the people who will be laid off or have their hours cut will really appreciate this.
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It's a good thing we've never raised the minimum wage. We'd all be unemployed.
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