"There’s not one U.S. city or county where someone working a 40-hr wk on min wage of $7.25 can afford to rent a modest 2-bed apartment. Minimum wage workers need to work 3 full time jobs to make modest 2-bed rental home affordable." - National Low Income Housing Coalition Report

Jul 12, 2019 · 3:24 PM UTC

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Corporations as the main wealth creating tools can not continue being legally seen as private property. Let’s stop this maddness
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Then advocate for reducing taxes and regulations as well.
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Or they could get a roommate and split the bills. I'm sure no one has thought of that before. Another novel idea is to learn skills that pay more than minimum wage.
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Lowering Cost of Living s the only way, raises create a larger minority based on wages. It never worked throughout hisstory, One more time will definatly fail.
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Every job I started making minimum wage I did not stay at minimum wage very long.
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In a #wealthy country we shouldn't have #MinimumWage,we should be living stable lives and working stable jobs.The jokes on you,the #FightFor15 isn't about helping you.Meanwhile #Privilege wealthy elites are living their best lives.People at the bottom get crumbs especially #ADOS.
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Minimum wage laws have always caused more harm than good. When people strive for the minimum, they do themselves a disfavor.
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Anyone working a 40 hr week at $7.25/hr in today's job market belongs in an institution or their parent's basement, not in a home. They are obviously unqualified for a better paying job. And, 3 full time jobs at that rate would just reinforce the need for institutionalzation.
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Whew, good thing that's not a concern. Almost nobody 20+ and out of school works for minimum wage. Pick a subject that actually has some impact. bls.gov/opub/reports/minimum…
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And this is where the idiotic phrase "the economy is doing great" meets the real reality of "job numbers are up."
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