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[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 70 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Set minimum wage for any in-office position to match the amount required to purchase a house within 15 minutes average transit to the office.

[–] June@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Min 250k salary in Seattle lol.

[–] xenoclast@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah. That's exactly what it should be, and would like up correctly with what C level people have given themselves in pay raises over the past decade.

[–] eyy@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

nonono, if all the lowly peasants get a comfortable wage, how would execs be able to afford their second summer homes? Won't someone think of them?

[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Seattle should build more walkable neighborhoods with a metro, lol.

[–] June@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

God yes please

[–] Winter8593@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Some people just want to watch the world burn. I love it haha

[–] ChewTiger@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Sometimes the old has to be burned down to prepare the ground for new growth.

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 year ago

I say it, knowing that there's no possibility of it happening in the current day but, really, it's the only way that's fair for both sides and removes most potential discriminatory policies. If a business can't afford to pay its workers enough to have a decent life, they can't afford to be in business.

[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or reform land and housing so the landlord grifters stop fucking everyone over simply for having their name in a registry of who owns what.

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Porque no los dos?

[–] dodgy_bagel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So that's, what, $1,500,000 per hour?

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure what area has average cost of houses around $2.8B but, if that's the cost, sure. That is, of you're not trying to imply that the "Wage-Price Spiral" exists, despite all evidence contrary.