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| Topic | "In 1935, the minimum hourly wage in the U.S. was set at 25¢. |
| t5yvxc 01/27/21 5:27:35 PM #57: | Balrog0 posted... How is that? People near the minimum wage benefit from higher minimum wages.The person already making 13/hour should be over joyed they now make the same wage as their coworker who made 7.25? The person already making 17/hour should be over joyed they now make only $2 to $ 4 above minimum wage now? They should be happy their hard work to get where they currently are now is devalued! The people making $8 or $13 or $16 right now won't be seeing the same level of increase. Their wages will be devalued, and yes these people are struggling too. Also yes, many of these people worked hard to get those couple extra dollars an hour above minimum wage. The current plan fucks the middle guy over. The idea of raising wages with inflation I support. Raises that rise a set percentile until you reach a certain income at the very least. Like idk 100k (arbitrarily chose that number). People here acting like folks making 1 to 20 dollars above minimum wage sleep comfortably naked in money or something. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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