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In reply to the discussion: Sorry... a $15 minimum wage is too high [View all]eniwetok
(1,629 posts)Where have I EVER suggested that states should not be free to go above the federal minimum or that cities in states can't go higher than their state?
What we're talking about is the NATIONAL MW... the lowest an unskilled kid sweeping a floor can be paid... and no business, except in a high flying city with a labor shortage is going to pay that kid $31k a year. And then there's the absurdity to think that $15 is a living wage in that big city isn't just pure gravy for some kid living at home in East Shitcake WV.
NY's approach for $15 near NYC and $12.50 upstate... wait and see after that, makes more sense than CA's approach to go $15 state wide. I predicting a backlash outside the big cities. But we won't know for 4-5 years.
But feel free to wave that magic wand and decree your word be done... after all, it's not your money.