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[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 51 points 1 month ago (1 children)

15$ is too little now. They would need to make more.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Thats by design.

They took 10+ years to finally implement the 15 dollar minimum wage, explicitly so it would still be too low to live on by the time it was in, so they can turn around and go and lambast people for being "greedy" after getting what they wanted...while willfully obviating and distracting from the shit like rent and home prices that are getting furthe and further out of the average americans reach.

[–] doingthestuff@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

There are tons of jobs around me that pay $11 or so. It's above minimum wage, but you sure as hell can't live on it.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Still better than fucking $7.25

That shit is insulting.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah

Moving from nose deep in the septic tank, to chin deep, is technically an improvement, I guess.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Sure, but for many people, that's the difference between drowning in shit, or living in it like the rest of us

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

The same thing was done with healthcare.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Who is the artist behind this design?

[–] match@pawb.social 6 points 1 month ago

the cool thing about capitalism is that evil can be effectively distributed

[–] Mushroomm@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Greed and money. Collusion can be ideological, not planned