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[–] • 5 pts (edited )

Pretty sure it’s noticing that raising the minimum wage doesn’t increase the quality of life for minimum wage earners, it just makes everything else expensive enough that a minimum wage job still doesn’t give you enough to buy a house or a nice car. Which it never will and is what we’ve been saying forever

[–] • 1 pt

I guess this depends on what the standards of living are, but in many countries the minimum wage is pointless because you keep on working everyday without earning even a fraction of what is needed for a basic decent living. So it can give you some income provided you live with your parents, but this can't go on forever and there's no prospect. You could just die as well.

Keep in mind that I am talking about a minimum wage of 2 or 3 $ per hour, which unfortunately is the norm in certain corrupted countries.

[–] • 0 pt

But it does make life harder for the middle class. People making 30 an hour 5 years ago arnt making 60 now.