• @Lost_My_Mind
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    2416 hours ago

    $15 min wage…ugh. That’d be nice if this were 2008.

    At this point we need a min wage right now of $25 an hour, but we also need to tie it to a percentage of the economy. Meaning if inflation goes up by 3%, min wage goes up by 8%.

    Yeah, let’s see you shrink those products now, knowing it means each time you do, you need to pay your employees drastically more.

    And can we somehow tie this to climate change? So as the globe gets hotter and hotter, the companies need to pay more and more.

    Oh look, the starbucks CEO just stopped daily comutes by private jet from L.A. to Seattle.

    • @[email protected]
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      32 hours ago

      Tie it directly to a basket of stock indexes. The stock market has been a false proxy for the “economy” long enough. Make it do some actual work.

    • @[email protected]
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      1116 hours ago

      Reposting from elsewhere:

      Seattle started the movement for a $15 minimum wage in 2014. It passed and was slowly phased in, finishing the rollout in 2021. It’s also aligned to inflation, so the current minimum wage (in 2024) is $20.76 per hour.

      • @Lost_My_Mind
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        316 hours ago

        …ok? That just makes me want to move to Seattle?

        I’m unclear on your intent with this info? Are you adding to my suggestion with contextual facts to show it works? Are you argueing saying it doesn’t work?