If only Democrats had the stones to do this.

  • warbond@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Then we make two wages, one we call minimum, the other we call living. That way it’s easy to know if a place is offering a living wage or if it’s just unimportant work.

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      1 day ago

      The only problem with that is there’s so much work people consider unimportant that is absolutely vital, just not what people want to do.

      Like fast food workers during school hours

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        14 hours ago

        I agree with you, the “unimportant” part was tongue in cheek. My point really is that if a person wants a job done for money, they need to either pay a living wage or admit that the work isn’t important enough to pay for. There shouldn’t be an in-between for people to take advantage of.

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      5 days ago

      Then we make two wages, one we call minimum, the other we call living.

      That way we can tell the difference between the morlocks and the eloi.

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      4 days ago

      lol right now we do have two wages. The minimum wage… and the subminimum wage. Yes, that is a real thing! 2.13$ an hour if you make more than 30$ in tips a month.