• Zier@fedia.io
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    $25/hr would be correct for one of the top 10 richest nations on the globe. And tax the rich!

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    I don’t know why we don’t just peg minimum wage to inflation or county cost of living metrics. Fighting over this every few years is dumb.

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      Since 2023, it is tied to the CPI-W in California. Other blue states are stating to do the same

      It makes pushes to raise it further like this a bit more meaningful in the long run too

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      Same reason why there’s a flight over the debt ceiling every few months. Hawks want the fight so they throw the economy into turmoil to get it their way.

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      Though California minimum wage is tied to inflation now (since 2023) so it’d be able to be built upon without losing ground in the meantime

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        They are still about $18hr off the mark. Starting with such a disparaging margin they will never have a livable wage