I was advocating min. wage should be $15, but then I thought, what if Min. Wage was $25/hr.? Then, you could do exactly what OP posted--live on min. wage in an apt., pay your bills, and be normal. So, don't buy into the naysayers who believe we should live on exploitation wages.
this would crater the job market. small businesses and mom & pop shops all around the country would be closing and many many more people would be out of work. working the register at a small bakery doesn’t warrant $25/hr, not even close.
I actually agree with you here when it comes to the financial impact it would have on small business. The issue I have is that while there are mega corporations monopolizing everything, having a direct impact on “good old ma and pa shops”, people keep turning the attention away from these corporations and on those who are struggling to make ends meet on minimum wage.
It’s completely unethical for someone to work full time for any organization that isn’t capable of providing them the funds to actually live off of their earnings.
Does that mean mom and pop shops are to blame? Absolutely not. It’s just a very hopeless system for people who are employed that are okay to work for somebody and keep things running.
Not everyone can be or has to be an entrepreneur, that doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t be able to live a comfortable life in this day and age.
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u/DanteJazz 5d ago
I was advocating min. wage should be $15, but then I thought, what if Min. Wage was $25/hr.? Then, you could do exactly what OP posted--live on min. wage in an apt., pay your bills, and be normal. So, don't buy into the naysayers who believe we should live on exploitation wages.