InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoDamn Fox, you didn't have to turn me on more.lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square245fedilinkarrow-up11.51Karrow-down113file-text
arrow-up11.49Karrow-down1external-linkDamn Fox, you didn't have to turn me on more.lemmy.worldInternetCitizen2@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square245fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAdolfSchmitler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·9 days agoIt’s currently $16.50
minus-squaredoingthestuff@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·9 days agoYeah even on the shithole east side of Cincinnati nobody pays less than $12 and you can’t live on that here. $30 isn’t at all radical for NY.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·9 days agoI live cheap in a redneck chunk of Florida. $15 is the minimum wage and two people can’t squeak by with that in just about any dwelling or situation.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 days agoAnd I’ll tell you what a native New Yorker friend told me when we visited Manhattan in 1991. “How does anyone live on minimum wage here?!” Laughing, “Man! Nobody gets paid minimum wage!” Anyway, $30 sounds like rock-bottom. Not criticizing the guy, just saying $30 is the least they should aim for.
It’s currently $16.50
Yeah even on the shithole east side of Cincinnati nobody pays less than $12 and you can’t live on that here. $30 isn’t at all radical for NY.
I live cheap in a redneck chunk of Florida. $15 is the minimum wage and two people can’t squeak by with that in just about any dwelling or situation.
And I’ll tell you what a native New Yorker friend told me when we visited Manhattan in 1991.
“How does anyone live on minimum wage here?!”
Laughing, “Man! Nobody gets paid minimum wage!”
Anyway, $30 sounds like rock-bottom. Not criticizing the guy, just saying $30 is the least they should aim for.
Like, a minimum even