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I know there are a lot of opinions on what the Federal minimum wage should be, but can we all agree that $ constants in our laws are always a bad idea? I think
by hermannj314 5y ago
I know there are a lot of opinions on what the Federal minimum wage should be, but can we all agree that $ constants in our laws are always a bad idea?
I think any law, without a sunset provision, that mentions a $ amount, should peg that $ value to a periodically updated relevant economic metric - inflation, etc.
For example, if the outrage over minimum wage has something to do with median rent, then tie the two values together, so we can stop having these pointless debates everytime rent goes up.
tldr - minimum wage should be computed at run-time, not compile time.
- herbst 5y agoHere in Switzerland this is mostly calculated on exactly these factors. If you somehow earn below that, for whatever reason, you can get the difference from the state.