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bigwillq

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1. Don't worry: Obama will save us.

Reply to SoCalDem (Original post)

Thu Jun 4, 2015, 08:18 AM

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$15 per hour by 2020 is not all that [View all] SoCalDem Jun 2015 OP

Don't worry: Obama will save us. bigwillq Jun 2015 #1

Agreed Sherman A1 Jun 2015 #2

$15/hr isn't all that even now in a lot of cities. hobbit709 Jun 2015 #3

I'm making almost $15/hr and can't find affordable housing in my city. intheflow Jun 2015 #5

This is part of the current policing trouble we have now too SoCalDem Jun 2015 #8

I commute an hour each way to work now. intheflow Jun 2015 #10

Very good point regarding the service workers like the police. jwirr Jun 2015 #24

A national minimum wage is a joke... pipoman Jun 2015 #4

and employers have to decide if they can afford to be IN business SoCalDem Jun 2015 #6

I have no idea how this relates to my post pipoman Jun 2015 #9

Guaranteed income tied to cost of living in the area it exists in and would adjust yearly. jwirr Jun 2015 #25

Any $10.10 or $15 legislation must also index the minimum-wage to be meaningful. Chan790 Jun 2015 #7

Regional scale based on cost of living pipoman Jun 2015 #11

I don't believe in regionalization of the minimum wage in any form ever. Chan790 Jun 2015 #12

Amen to that...and SoCalDem Jun 2015 #13

Massive inflation in places like SoCal pipoman Jun 2015 #19

Insead, local taxes need to be replaced with federal taxes. ieoeja Jun 2015 #22

Then the minimum wage will always be a joke pipoman Jun 2015 #18

I had not thought of that. I had suggested a guarantee income based on cost of living in the area jwirr Jun 2015 #26

The only places paying minimum wage now are pipoman Jun 2015 #29

Yes, I realize that. I live in the mid-west. jwirr Jun 2015 #30

I'm thinking Half-Century Man Jun 2015 #14

I last had a paid job in 1996 and was making $15.80 an hour SoCalDem Jun 2015 #16

Before the plant was sold, lock stock and barrel, to a guy in India (2008). Half-Century Man Jun 2015 #17

Adding a dollar an hour each year is much faster than inflation. nt Lucky Luciano Jun 2015 #21

I hadn't planned to add a dollar a year, just a coincidence. Half-Century Man Jun 2015 #27

Peak value in the minimum wage accoring to... Lucky Luciano Jun 2015 #31

It should be about the rising cost of living romanic Jun 2015 #15

Might as well fight for a basic income more than a mandatory wage increase The2ndWheel Jun 2015 #20

I've advocated a maximum allowable compensation and wealth cap for years. Half-Century Man Jun 2015 #28

Very good point. That is how we got here in the first place. And there is no doubt that prices will jwirr Jun 2015 #23

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