No we literally do not.
It is pretty much impossible to afford a studio apartment anywhere in the country in a full time, min wage job.
TheEntity@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Are Americans aware of what “minimal wage” means? I’m starting to have some doubts.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
lonefighter@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
A lot of people don’t believe jobs should make a living wage. They argue that if you want to make enough money to survive, you should get an education or work your way up out of entry level, while conveniently ignoring the fact that they’ve made education wildly expensive and that minimum wage is so outdated that in some places you can make double or triple minimum wage and still not be considered making enough to survive as a single adult with no dependents (I make over 3x minimum wage and rent on a small 1 bedroom apartment is over half my paycheck, if I don’t work OT shifts I don’t go grocery shopping that month). They also like to complain that no one wants to work anymore. My personal take is that if a job is worthwhile enough to society that someone needs to do it, that person deserves to make enough to survive, but apparently that’s a wildly socialist take in this country.
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
There is a whole group of people that actually believe that some jobs should not provide a living wage. They will argue that high school students don’t need a living wage and then unironically still want McDonald’s to be open during a school day.
edgemaster72@lemmy.world 6 days ago
In short, no. No we don’t. Please send help.