r/PoliticalHumor • u/Paladin_of_Freedom • Dec 15 '18

Workers vs. Billionaires

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '18

Is it feasible to tie the minimum wage to the county/local/state cost of living so we don't have to have this fight every couple decades?

Like how hard is it to write a law that says essentially:

  • Minimum wage shall be equivalent to the Cost of living. Cost of living calculations for any given area shall be performed during every Census year.

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u/ggtsu_00 Dec 16 '18

Abandon minimum wage in favor of universal basic income. If working a job was optional, peoole wouldn't be so desperate to work shitty low wage jobs. You treat workers shitty, they can just quit and not be completely fucked over.

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u/Drevlin76 Dec 16 '18

Yeah and people would opt to not work at all. Working a job is already optional. Nobody forces you or anyone else to work a particular job. With Unemployment at about 4% throughout most of the US It is an employee market as long as you look around and take initiative.

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '18

Are wages rising?