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The $15 Minimum Wage Is Here. Why We Need $33 an Hour
- bitxbitxbitcoin 8y agoJust an observation: By the time we get to $33 an hour the needed amount will again be higher... Very possibly by a relatively larger ratio than 33/15.
- 5555624 8y agoSo the standard we should use in determining minimum wage is a "single parent with two school-age children"? Yet in the following sentences, the author adds another adult to the equation and says that a two-parent family with two children would mean "that each parent would need to earn just over $16 an hour." At $33 an hour, this two-parent family would be making close to $140,000 and that's not mentioned. I've always had an issue with people touting $15 an hour, since they don't look at it from the standpoint of a yearly income. People tend to be surprised it's only #31,200 a year for someone working 40 hours a week. This article attempts to put things in perspective; but, I think it still needs work.