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> Why are you arguing to me against raising minimum wage, when all I said was that people deserve a living wage? Well, you said: > why can we not agree that t
by isoskeles 6y ago
> Why are you arguing to me against raising minimum wage, when all I said was that people deserve a living wage?
Well, you said:
> why can we not agree that the people who do the job deserve to be compensated with a living wage and deserve dignity and stability?
How do you propose that a person doing a "job" earn a "living wage" without making changes to the minimum wage? I sense much more of an argumentative tone to your comments than the person you're replying to, by the way.
- ndespres 6y agoAs others have said in this thread and in many other places, the minimum wage does not really correspond to the wage required to live a comfortable and dignified life. It is merely the least amount of money an employer can pay an employee without it being illegal, and has very little to do with the cost of living. If I seem argumentative, it is because I am exasperated with the gymnastics that people will do in order to justify the conscription of more and more people into precarious existences under a gig economy, which largely benefits people at the top of the economic ladder at the expense of those at the bottom.
- s1artibartfast 6y agoIf you are for a comfortable living wage, how do you propose it is ensured without a minimum wage at some, to be specified, level?