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      11 months ago

      I still think the dumbest thing we continue to do is demand a specific number…

      Great fight for fifteen sounds nice, but guess what? The assholes elected officials will drag their feet until that $15 is equal in value to what you’re getting now. That slogan was pushed around so long ago and only now is a supposedly “blue state” like NY getting minimum wage to $16/hr…

      We need to be demanding a living wage based on the minimum amount required to rent an apartment and buy necessities. And no, I shouldn’t have to have roommates just to afford a shit apartment. That just dilutes the requirement and allows the assholes elected officials to drop that living wage calculation way down when “you just need roommates.”

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          11 months ago

          I was referring to a national push.

          A specific number is specific to an area not the whole country so we allow Republicans to argue “$15/hr is way too much for backwoods shithole Alabama! You’d live like a king and bankrupt all the businesses!”