• ForrestGrump@discuss.tchncs.de
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    10 months ago

    I know you guys are talking about the US and some things work differently over there, but why should a minimum wage cover more than… the minimum? Want more, do more.

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      10 months ago

      Because the idea was always that we need a living wage.

      It seems to me to be equally plain that no business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country. By “business” I mean the whole of commerce as well as the whole of industry; by workers I mean all workers, the white collar class as well as the men in overalls; and by living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level-I mean the wages of decent living. -FDR

      https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9075220-it-seems-to-me-to-be-equally-plain-that-no

      • ForrestGrump@discuss.tchncs.de
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        10 months ago

        And you can’t live in a single bedroom apartment?

        I mean, I would understand if someone didn’t have enough to eat or a roof over their head. A meme about it would be understandable. But why 2 bedrooms? Personally, one is enough for me and I earn a good living.

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          10 months ago

          And you can’t live in a lay down cubicle?

          I mean, I would understand if someone didn’t have enough to eat or a roof over their head. A meme about it would be understandable. But why 1 bedroom? Personally, a rented cage in someone else’s room is enough for me and I earn a good living.

    • BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      10 months ago

      You ever worked minimum wage jobs? Loads of them suck and many have to work harder than the better paid jobs.

      What would you like the minimum standard of living to be?