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The reason it has not been increased is because we can

May 24, 2022, 8:43 AM [ in reply to I do think there should be a 2% COL increase ]

attract labor from poor nations where that's still a windfall wage, and then let them work for that wage here (or closer to it). Most republicans, or any Americans really, don't realize just how dependent we are as a nation on the things we claim to despise the most.

Minimum wage isn't some arbitrary bar set either. The difference between average overall wages and minimum wage has never been as high as now. The minimum is kept low so some people (mostly immigrants or teenagers) can work for that wage (or near ir) and be content. It's also mainly intended for kids who have summer jobs, etc. because they still live with their parents and have no real major expenses. A minimum wage job is not intended (never has been) to provide a "living wage".

But it is kept there for a reason. I personally don't think there's any need for a minimum wage. Very few jobs, even "minimum wage jobs" pay it today. Almost all jobs now start higher than minimum wage. Having it there as a minimum means employers can attract many more people at $10/hr let's say, because they can always cite the fact they're paying more than they have to. Heck, government entitlements are higher than minimum wage. It's about as meaningless (and meaningful) as income tax brackets if you think about it. Tax brackets are meaningless as far as federal revenue is concerned. They are, though, very meaningful to bull#### liberal (mostly) politicians as a tool to make people think taxing the rich on income solves anything.

If you want judge someone's wealth by taxable income, then I'm richer than Jeff Bezos.

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Problem is the pandemic has exposed the weakness in that system. We rely on illegal immigrants here in the US to do stuff cheaper than Americans would do the same job. We rely on poor Chinese workers to make our iPhones cheaper too. All great for us. But when illegals stop coming into the US, and when China stops making iPhones for us, well, we're screwed. We hate China, but we gladly accept their labor to make our stuff cheaper. Is that not just a little concerning? We hate illegal immigrants taking American jobs, but if they didn't, would we be fine paying twice as much for construction, produce, processed meats, etc? Probably not.

Covid has attacked the pillars on which our economy has been built in the past 4 decades. And the inflation that was expected was due to supply chain issues. And that's a huge part. But I don't think people realize the other part of the labor problem, that long covid is causing. Everyone has a labor shortage these days, and everyone has inflation to some degree. And it doesn't matter if the country shut down, or stayed wide open. It doesn't matter if the government sent everyone checks, or not. It's universal.

So inflation

Re: So inflation

Why not $100? You can’t even afford a two bedroom

We've spent decades keeping wages low while at

I do think there should be a 2% COL increase

I agree. Unfortunately to make it truely a

The reason it has not been increased is because we can

ya, i dont get the libs acting like min wage

The minimum wage always has been meant to provide

FDR...lol.

Re: The reason it has not been increased is because we can

Cheap labor. Offshoring.

No, they're great, when they work.

We didn't help by creating a perfect storm of negative

The failures have almost exclusively been regulatory in

Who are you, Comrade Question?***

Alls I'm sayin is that in the 1800's we didn't have no FDA

She'll get more votes

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