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The people complaining about $20 minimum wage have never tried to live on minimum wage. It’s literally impossible. $20 makes it somewhat doable but would still be tough in CA. The entire purpose of minimum wage was to ensure the bare minimum you can be paid where you can afford to eat and live and yes, that included rent/mortgage.
The burden is on the government to hold business accountable and not raise prices, outsource or automate. These companies are rolling in profit and while yes, they will lose a little profit by paying workers more, it’s a drop in the bucket for them.
Instead of blaming the workers, blame Wall Street and stock trading for demanding insane profit and growth every quarter.
The burden is on the government to hold business accountable and not raise prices, outsource or automate. These companies are rolling in profit and while yes, they will lose a little profit by paying workers more, it’s a drop in the bucket for them.
Instead of blaming the workers, blame Wall Street and stock trading for demanding insane profit and growth every quarter.