The mininum wage in this country is a disgrace e and insult

[orangecrush]

To hard working people everywhere.

It sosn't have to be settled with the corona aid package.

This is far from over.

[Autumn]

1. When a Senator says the $7.25 min wage is fine because he made $6/hour in the 1970s and

a Democratic Senator says $10 is all that is needed, toss in the the filibuster and a living wage is dead.

[Celerity]

4. by 2023/24ish, 10 usd will be worth sub 7.25 usd in 2009 purchasing power

[Marie Marie]

2. I agree that this is a disgrace and "they" have gotten away with

these paltry wages for too long. Cheap labor boosts their bottom line so that the CEO's can walk away with huge bonuses (that they do not need) and the stockholders can sit back and collect their dividends. I am totally OK with corporations earning healthy profits but we have moved beyond healthy into obscene profits. And those profits come at the expense of the very people doing the heavy lifting.

[moondust]

3. +1000

Reward work, not wealth

[CentralMass]

5. K&R