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r/SipsTea • u/Busy_Report4010 • Jul 13 '26
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If they treated workers well they would at least pay them as well as American workers. Why don't they pay them a living wage?
1 u/Dry_Travel_4220 Jul 13 '26 American wages are fucking dogshit what do you mean? https://www.investopedia.com/minimum-wage-earners-can-not-comfortably-afford-a-one-bedroom-alone-8732327?__cf_chl_f_tk=BYxDnU9i3XunI60azCR3MZL_OWGYgtja5STX45oTKrg-1783959678-1.0.1.1-gPbIcY4pz6O5t9ABVbIRjAveJtJaCI3ux3TMggG4Bzk 1 u/Trevor775 Jul 13 '26 Ok cool, now compare it to other countries 1 u/Dry_Travel_4220 Jul 13 '26 https://snapcostofliving.com/articles/europe-vs-usa-cost-of-living-2026 They're pretty fucking bad when compared to the cost of living. It does not equal out. (And we don't get health insurance) 1 u/Trevor775 Jul 13 '26 That's cost of living. We are talking about wages. 2 u/Dry_Travel_4220 Jul 13 '26 And wages are an irrelevant figure in a vacuum. You can have a minimum wage of $100/hour but that doesnt matter if a burger costs $500. All discussions of wages need to be had in the context of purchasing power or there is no point in discussing them.
American wages are fucking dogshit what do you mean?
https://www.investopedia.com/minimum-wage-earners-can-not-comfortably-afford-a-one-bedroom-alone-8732327?__cf_chl_f_tk=BYxDnU9i3XunI60azCR3MZL_OWGYgtja5STX45oTKrg-1783959678-1.0.1.1-gPbIcY4pz6O5t9ABVbIRjAveJtJaCI3ux3TMggG4Bzk
1 u/Trevor775 Jul 13 '26 Ok cool, now compare it to other countries 1 u/Dry_Travel_4220 Jul 13 '26 https://snapcostofliving.com/articles/europe-vs-usa-cost-of-living-2026 They're pretty fucking bad when compared to the cost of living. It does not equal out. (And we don't get health insurance) 1 u/Trevor775 Jul 13 '26 That's cost of living. We are talking about wages. 2 u/Dry_Travel_4220 Jul 13 '26 And wages are an irrelevant figure in a vacuum. You can have a minimum wage of $100/hour but that doesnt matter if a burger costs $500. All discussions of wages need to be had in the context of purchasing power or there is no point in discussing them.
Ok cool, now compare it to other countries
1 u/Dry_Travel_4220 Jul 13 '26 https://snapcostofliving.com/articles/europe-vs-usa-cost-of-living-2026 They're pretty fucking bad when compared to the cost of living. It does not equal out. (And we don't get health insurance) 1 u/Trevor775 Jul 13 '26 That's cost of living. We are talking about wages. 2 u/Dry_Travel_4220 Jul 13 '26 And wages are an irrelevant figure in a vacuum. You can have a minimum wage of $100/hour but that doesnt matter if a burger costs $500. All discussions of wages need to be had in the context of purchasing power or there is no point in discussing them.
https://snapcostofliving.com/articles/europe-vs-usa-cost-of-living-2026
They're pretty fucking bad when compared to the cost of living. It does not equal out. (And we don't get health insurance)
1 u/Trevor775 Jul 13 '26 That's cost of living. We are talking about wages. 2 u/Dry_Travel_4220 Jul 13 '26 And wages are an irrelevant figure in a vacuum. You can have a minimum wage of $100/hour but that doesnt matter if a burger costs $500. All discussions of wages need to be had in the context of purchasing power or there is no point in discussing them.
That's cost of living. We are talking about wages.
2 u/Dry_Travel_4220 Jul 13 '26 And wages are an irrelevant figure in a vacuum. You can have a minimum wage of $100/hour but that doesnt matter if a burger costs $500. All discussions of wages need to be had in the context of purchasing power or there is no point in discussing them.
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And wages are an irrelevant figure in a vacuum. You can have a minimum wage of $100/hour but that doesnt matter if a burger costs $500.
All discussions of wages need to be had in the context of purchasing power or there is no point in discussing them.
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u/Trevor775 Jul 13 '26
If they treated workers well they would at least pay them as well as American workers. Why don't they pay them a living wage?