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[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 6 points 2 months ago

Still not nearly enough

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I don’t know why we don’t just peg minimum wage to inflation or county cost of living metrics. Fighting over this every few years is dumb.

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Since 2023, it is tied to the CPI-W in California. Other blue states are stating to do the same

It makes pushes to raise it further like this a bit more meaningful in the long run too

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Same reason why there's a flight over the debt ceiling every few months. Hawks want the fight so they throw the economy into turmoil to get it their way.

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

At the state or city level though?

[–] Zier@fedia.io 4 points 2 months ago

$25/hr would be correct for one of the top 10 richest nations on the globe. And tax the rich!

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Hope the wage gets raised to that.

[–] MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

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[–] anticolonialist@lemmy.world -5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Still not a livable wage. Get back to us when it is, otherwise it's election pandering.

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Though California minimum wage is tied to inflation now (since 2023) so it'd be able to be built upon without losing ground in the meantime