• boaratio
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    Minimum wage isn’t $15 an hour.

    • UnderpantsWeevil
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      1 month ago

      Rent isn’t $1200/mo either.

      All of these numbers are years out of date

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        When I graduated college in 2004 I rented a 1 bedroom shit box for $1200. I can’t imagine how bad it is for renters today. Also, fuck “land lords.”

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          god look at florida. NU UHHH $15 minimim wage is socialism… we’re gonna set it to $14

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          And most major metro areas have their own minimum wage separate from the state.

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        1 month ago

        You couldn’t be more wrong. I make less than I made 25 years ago, and I’m not even close to minimum. Jobs around me mostly hire at $11-12. Maybe $16 if you’re a welder or something.

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            1 month ago

            McDonalds isn’t the minimum.
            McDonalds starts higher than the minimum, because even they know the minimum is too low.

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              1 month ago

              McDonald’s is literally right at the bottom. “Doesn’t even compete with fast food” is a bar in hell.

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                  1 month ago

                  Sorry I was actually wrong.

                  McDonald’s starts at $19.29. Because that’s the minimum wage where I am.