Comment on California voters reject Prop 32, raising the state's minimum wage to $18
Badeendje@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoAre you on minimum wage? Or did you help the noble savages on minimum wage with this decision?
Comment on California voters reject Prop 32, raising the state's minimum wage to $18
Badeendje@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoAre you on minimum wage? Or did you help the noble savages on minimum wage with this decision?
antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
I worked for minimum wage at $7.25, at a time when I didn’t have to pay my own living expenses. Anyway adjusted for inflation/CPI that would be $13. It wasn’t anywhere close to enough then, and it’s not enough now. I don’t have the math in front of me but if you factor rent into it, minimum wage should probably be around $25/hr for a true livable wage. As it stands now minimum wage is a poverty wage suitable for secondary income only.