#Minimum Wage

[theconcealedweapon]

#minimum wage #wealthy privilege #classism

[phoenixyfriend]

I feel like a good shorthand for a lot of economics arguments is "if you want people to work minimum wage jobs in your city, you need to allow minimum wage apartments for them to live in."

"These jobs are just for teenagers on the weekends." Okay, so you'll use minimum wage services only on the weekends and after school. No McDonald's or Starbucks on your lunch break.

"They can get a roommate." For a one bedroom? A roommate for a one bedroom? Or a studio? Do you have a roommate to get a middle-wage apartment for your middle-wage job? No? Why should they?

"They can live farther from city center and just commute." Are there ways for them to commute that don't equate to that rent? Living in an outer borough might work in NYC, where public transport is a flat rate, but a city in Texas requires a car. Does the money saved in rent equal the money spent on the car loan, the insurance, the gas? Remember, if you want people to take the bus or a bike, the bus needs to be reliable and the bike lanes survivable.

If you want minimum wage workers to be around for you to rely on, then those minimum wage workers need a place to stay.

You either raise the minimum wage, or you drop the rent. There's only so long you can keep rents high and wages low before your workforce leaves for cheaper pastures.

"Nobody wants to work anymore" doesn't hold water if the reason nobody applies is because the commute is impossible at the wage you provide.

#economics #Phoenix Talks #minimum wage

[animentality]

#twitter #us politics #labor rights #minimum wage

[mysharona1987]

#Denmark #mcdonalds #fast food #minimum wage #citalism #Socialism #democrats #republicans #politics #big mac

[emperornorton47]

They have no desire to represent your interests.

#GOP #salary #congress #minimum wage #republicans

[politijohn]

Source

Said the quiet part out loud!

#capitalism #eat the rich #end capitalism #minimum wage #working class #workers rights #news #current events #fight for 15 #the left #politics #us politics #government #twitter post #progressive

[elhopper1sm]

Even if Minimum wage jobs were just for teenagers that wouldn't justify such low wages. Call me crazy but if a child can work like an adult and puts in the amount of effort and responsibility of an adult and is expected to work as intensely as an adult would. They should get paid like an adult actually. It's so weird how in this country children are expected to face the burdens of adulthood and be ok with having none of the rights of adulthood.

#childism #adult supremacy #adultism #child liberation #youth liberation #politics #minimum wage

[pikavsketch]

Man this guy is NOT suited for costumer service

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[guardianspirits13]

retail workers should get double pay on black friday, and also they should be allowed to yell at one customer an hour

#i am EXHAUSTED yall #my store started early black friday today #and i am dreading every shift this week #black friday #retail workers #minimum wage

[shirecorn]

GOD I wish the minimum wage was a living wage.

I'm not flipping burgers, I'm cleaning litterboxes and doing basic vet care like checking weights, administering medicine, bathing, using IVs, keeping records, making lists, doing photography, and way way more. But the point is even if I was just cleaning litterboxes... I love the work. I wish I could pay rent. Shouldn't I be able to clean litterboxes and feed cats who were rescued from the streets and do that fulfilling wonderful work without wondering where I'm going to live?

Shouldn't someone be able to flip burgers, make art, clean up trash, care for the oceans, teach your children, or rescue animals without being forced to choose between their job and their bills?

What if I don't WANT to climb the ladder and use my degree and search for high stress high pay jobs in order to live? What if I want the high stress job of seeing a kitten crashing below survivable temperature and bringing them back from the brink of death, knowing that I'm the only thing standing between this homeless, unwanted kitten and an early grave?

Shouldn't that be enough? Shouldn't I be able to afford food and rent by doing that?

I don't want to work at a vet office that can give me steady pay increases. I want to work here, with cats who have no owners, nursing them back to health and helping pick their forever home. I want the infrastructure to support me in doing that. I want the laws to say I can and have programs in place to make it so my shelter CAN support me. I want rent to reflect wages. I want wages to reflect rent.

I want to help the world and be able to survive doing it. I want to thrive doing it. I want that for everyone.

#shire screams #minimum wage #living wage #capitalism #not art #ramble machine #also gas is $6 a gallon at minimum

[dispatchesfromtheclasswar]

#class war #class warfare #classism #minimum wage #capitalism #no one wants to work anymore

[theconcealedweapon]

#conservative logic #wealthy privilege #minimum wage

[capitalism-and-analytics]

#Communism #Antisocialism #Anticommunism #Economics #Minimum Wage #Living Wage #Eat the Rich #Republican #Democrat #Libertarian #Conservative #Liberal #funny #funny meme #capitalism #socialism #dark humor #anticapitalism

[animentality]

#twitter #homelessness #minimum wage #anti capitalism #wage slavery

[mysharona1987]

#democrats #republicans #politics #news #john fetterman #fashion #pennsylvania #minimum wage #donald trump

[mapsontheweb]

State minimum wage map

#maps #minimum wage #us #2024