Comment on California voters reject Prop 32, raising the state's minimum wage to $18
antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days agoCPI is basically half of inflation and less than half of most people’s cost of living. Do you spend more on food or rent? Does the cost of food determine where you live and how far you commute?
By passing this “once and for all” bill, legislators won’t spend additional time on this for like 10 years at least. I’d rather have them keep working on it every year until they figure it out.
njm1314@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That sounds like a great point to make later on to amend the bill. However if you’ll notice tying it to CPI is more than tying it to fucking nothing. You see the difference?
antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
We have lawmakers for a reason. A multimillionaire, owner of Blue Apron, crafts his own bill and we should pass it? Our lawmakers should work on a real solution. Sometimes short cutting the debate and compromise process isn’t a good way to make laws. California will increase minimum wage again, worry not. Maybe they’ll have to think about it every other year. Maybe that’s a good thing for them to spend time on, until people can actually afford to life here.