• Absurdly Stupid @lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Last time I looked, over 10 million workers make federal minimum wage, tens of millions make less than fifteen an hour.

    Our entire workforce is 160 million people or so, so it’s a huge problem for our consumer economy.

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      2 months ago

      Your numbers are way off. It’s <2% of workers making minimum wage and a significant fraction are waitstaff who are getting most of their income from tips.

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        Your numbers are way off. It’s <2% of workers making minimum wage and a significant fraction are waitstaff who are getting most of their income from tips.

        You’re leaving out a LOT of workers, I’m afraid; 20 states don’t have a higher minimum wage. So they should fuck off I guess

        In 1938, Federal Minimum wage was for a family of four to stay out of poverty… we’ve obviously abandoned that. But keep defending the status quo that’s fine it’s your right

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          2 months ago

          I’m not ‘defending the status quo’ I’m saying your numbers are bullshit. Less than a million people make federal minimum wage and most of those people are wait staff who are taking home a lot more than that.