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Nothing stops a local government, to my knowledge, or a state government from raising minimum wage for the unique conditions their locale faces and the ideals t
by aksss 5y ago
Nothing stops a local government, to my knowledge, or a state government from raising minimum wage for the unique conditions their locale faces and the ideals they want to reflect. People too often think about federal minimum wage, but think about how diverse the environments are that federal minimum wage affects. If you live in a city/state where the minimum wage is lower than you think it should be, you'll probably have better luck changing local conditions rather than trying to boil the ocean that is the US with 350m people and an enormous landmass consisting of the densely urban and sparsely rural, the rich coastlines and wealthy mountain resorts to the impoverished hill countries.
- tssva 5y agoA large number of states don't allow local governments to set local minimum wages. Many of those states are as diverse as you describe the US. Trying to adjust the minimum wage may not be trying to boil an ocean but is trying to boil a sea or the great lakes.
- TaylorAlexander 5y agoIndeed in California where I live we have our own minimum wage, and I believe cities like San Francisco have their own too. But when someone says > I wonder what the USA would look like if minimum wage was defined as; two people being able to afford a 1 bedroom apartment within a 1 hour drive without traffic. Then "nothing stops local government from doing it" seems to me to lack the aspect of wonder the parent had intended to evoke.