·Economics
Should the minimum wage be $25/hour in the US?
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“Yes, cost of living demands it”
▼ 1.84 voices·Updated 4d ago
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Timeline
Mar 18
Texas Roadhouse prepared for potential $25 minimum wage legislation impacting servers.
Mar 12
Maryland debated legislation proposing a $25 minimum wage.
Jul 1, 2021
California implemented a $14 minimum wage, moving towards $15 by 2023.
Jul 18, 2019
New York City raised its minimum wage to $15 per hour.
Nov 4, 2014
Voters in several US cities approved minimum wage increases to $15 per hour.
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Critical
@valdombre Business lobby is correct. Those students are after jobs that pay $25 an hour or more. They refuse to apply for minimum wage age jobs. Foreign workers are happy to earn anything while students refuse. Obviously you are not a business owner so you won’t understand
@watershipknl · 𝕏 · 4d♥ 18
Divided
@AshPolitik @PaulineHansonOz I dont not support it but when minimum wage is $25 bucks an hour and people still cannot afford rent and food something is fundamentally wrong... and that is, the whole system has gotten away from the ruling class, sadly through indifference an out of…
@jongkokerer · 𝕏 · 5d♥ 8
Supportive
@RealPostFolder They understand minimum wage is nothing you can live on, and if a job doesn’t pay a liveable wage that there is no point to applying for it? The minimum amount a single person can live on semi-comfortably is 52K a year. Thats 1000/week, or 25$ hour. So if you offe…
@1atheistcat · 𝕏 · 4d♥ 7
Supportive
@CdnxTracker @RTNToronto Or, the Province could have raised minimum wage, so it kept up with inflation, of the last decade. The minimum wage in Ontario is $17.60/hour. If minimum wage had kept pace with inflation, over the past ten years, minimum wage would be closer’s to $25/hou…
@rellim_evad · 𝕏 · 4d♥ 2
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