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Minimum wage arguments are a red herring in this economy. No one except the young, disabled, and felons are getting paid minimum wage now. Looking at prevailing
by aperson_hello 4y ago
Minimum wage arguments are a red herring in this economy. No one except the young, disabled, and felons are getting paid minimum wage now. Looking at prevailing "low skill" wages, they more than doubled for starting positions in my area since 2010. From something like $8 in 2010 to something like $16-17 today.
- kennywinker 4y agoDo the young, disabled, and felons deserve to suffer so you can get a coffee for 50c cheaper? And you forgot immigrants, the other large group working minimum wage jobs.
- aperson_hello 4y agoGood point re: immigrants! I was making an inflation/wages argument, not a value-based one here. The prevailing minimum wage (for 95% of "low skill" jobs) is significantly different than federal minimum wages.
- kennywinker 4y agoI think my point was actually a little off as well. Framing it as someone suffering for your cheap goods. Some things ARE like that. Fast fashion's $6 t-shirts come to mind. But service industry stuff like your cup of coffee - it's usually more like: does someone have to suffer so that you can get your cup of coffee and someone can become VERY rich off it.
- moe091 4y agothat's just not true. Maybe in some areas, definitely not in others. Do you actually know a lot of people working at CVS or dollar stores or supermarkets, etc? Wawa is paying $15 an hour and every single other place in my area is significantly below that