I agree that it's hard to determine a federal minimum wage that accounts for what constitutes a living wage where you live. Each state, hell each city or town it's going to be different.
But I think we can establish a baseline where the poorest can get a living wage, where the person in the most rural town can support themselves, where teenagers helping their family or adults down on their luck are able to pull themselves out of a disadvantaged situation. At the very least, it should be increased to account for inflation, otherwise the poorest are literally getting poorer.
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Date: 18/3/12 05:43 (UTC)But I think we can establish a baseline where the poorest can get a living wage, where the person in the most rural town can support themselves, where teenagers helping their family or adults down on their luck are able to pull themselves out of a disadvantaged situation. At the very least, it should be increased to account for inflation, otherwise the poorest are literally getting poorer.