That’s make minimum wage, what, $50 bucks an hour. Even for me that’s a bit. Let’s say the median household has two income earners, so base it on that. If you’re solo you can get yourself some sweet studio or whatever. So, basing the minimum income on two incomes and median rent would make minimum wage $25. That is right on the money! Nice. That’s what I’ve seen several reports say minimum wage should be if it kept up with inflation over the decades.
Median rent for my area just to the south is $3,586.
I’m so goddamn sick of society REQUIRING 2 incomes… Even your flippant disregard for single people. I’m not a desirable person for one reason or another, I’m perpetually single and I’m fucking sick of having to bounce from basement apartment to garage apartment, paying someone else’s mortgage, because I can’t afford homes on a single income…
How about we readjust how we define economic health based on one income. Why should 2 people be required for 1 “normal” life?
That’s make minimum wage, what, $50 bucks an hour. Even for me that’s a bit. Let’s say the median household has two income earners, so base it on that. If you’re solo you can get yourself some sweet studio or whatever. So, basing the minimum income on two incomes and median rent would make minimum wage $25. That is right on the money! Nice. That’s what I’ve seen several reports say minimum wage should be if it kept up with inflation over the decades.
Median rent for my area just to the south is $3,586.
https://www.zillow.com/rental-manager/market-trends/orange-ca/
We are always told/taught not to spend over 30-40% of our income on housing. Hard to do if minimum doesn’t keep up.
If the minimum wage were tied to housing costs, employers would demand housing cost regulations.
Now there’s an idea.
Won’t anyone think of the landlords?
I like this idea.
Can we fucking not?
I’m so goddamn sick of society REQUIRING 2 incomes… Even your flippant disregard for single people. I’m not a desirable person for one reason or another, I’m perpetually single and I’m fucking sick of having to bounce from basement apartment to garage apartment, paying someone else’s mortgage, because I can’t afford homes on a single income…
How about we readjust how we define economic health based on one income. Why should 2 people be required for 1 “normal” life?