Post #1862613
2026-04-28 18:07 UTC
Replies (10)
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@disorderly@lemmy.world 2026-04-28 18:16
Isn't it weird how when billionaires make more money "a rising tide raises all boats", but when the poorest make more money, suddenly there's extreme resource scarcity?
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@deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2026-04-28 18:15
It's called "punching down economics".
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@TommySoda@lemmy.world 2026-04-28 19:26
As someone that makes around $25, that's still not even that much money. It definitely feels like a good minimum wage as I can afford my bills and food relatively easily (although it is getting harder as prices go up) but it's still not really enough to make my life that much more comfortable than it was 5 years ago. The only complaint I have is that I needed to work for 10 years in order to reach a wage of what would now be considered minimum wage. It's always seemed like every increase in wages I have ever gotten has been a year or two too late conpared to how expensive everything is. When I was making $14 an hour the average house prices in my area were $100,000 to $300,000. Now that I'm making almost twice as much and could afford a house 8 years ago, house prices in my area average around $400,000 to $800,000 and sometimes over $1,000,000. It's like I've been playing catch up since the day I was born. In my opinion, I should be making $30+ an hour.
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@evenglow@lemmy.world 2026-04-28 19:08
Fix poverty and you'll see a bunch of completely unrelated problems magically disappear. Which is exactly why rich people love poverty so much. Revenue stream.
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@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2026-04-29 22:52
> Can’t wait to hear all the people complaining about this because they’re already making $25 an hour. Sort of the joke with these bills. You live in a neighborhood where $30/hr is the functioning poverty line, due to rent and utilities prices skyrocketing. Inflation makes a mockery of a *five year* phase in for a modern minimum wage. Why not simply tie wages to inflation off the bat? Or straight up public employment doing work the private sector no longer cares about? I suspect Mamdani's public run grocery store will end up paying more than $25/hr in wages by the time it goes live - two years before this wage bump comes into effect
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@nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-28 19:20
Bucket crab ass mentality
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@discocactus@lemmy.world 2026-04-28 21:42
I'm making about that much and I'm sick of my bosses saying "well it's a good wage". I would have so much more ammo for a raise if it was the new minimum. Don't understand people who don't understand a rising tide.
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@9point6@lemmy.world 2026-04-28 18:44
A swift "well, don't you think you're worth more than that" can build many bridges
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@eli@lemmy.world 2026-04-29 03:01
By the time this passes we'll need it to be $30/hr. Hopefully this can pass *and* it'll be tied to inflation.
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@Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 2026-04-28 18:08
This is the way.