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SoCalDem

(103,856 posts) Thu Jun 4, 2015, 08:17 AM Jun 2015

$15 per hour by 2020 is not all that [View all]

Granted, ANY wage increase is good, but by the time 2020 rolls around, will prices of things have remained what they are currently?

I doubt it.

What needs to happen is for our economic wizards to go back to when people could afford to live, and to set in motion the things that need to happen to "catch up"..and then tie mandatory wage increases to actual costs of living..for things we ALL have to buy..

things like:

electricity
gasoline
water
rent/mortgages (for modest homes).. not a cat condo at Trump tower
natural foods ( prepared/fast foods should cost MORE not less)
health care...not subsidized insurance that may or may not cover what's needed
medicine
affordable wifi
basic cell phone service
actual time off for REST , RELAXATION & FAMILY

add your wishes..

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$15 per hour by 2020 is not all that [View all] SoCalDem Jun 2015 OP

Don't worry: Obama will save us. bigwillq Jun 2015 #1

Agreed Sherman A1 Jun 2015 #2

$15/hr isn't all that even now in a lot of cities. hobbit709 Jun 2015 #3

I'm making almost $15/hr and can't find affordable housing in my city. intheflow Jun 2015 #5

This is part of the current policing trouble we have now too SoCalDem Jun 2015 #8

I commute an hour each way to work now. intheflow Jun 2015 #10

Very good point regarding the service workers like the police. jwirr Jun 2015 #24

A national minimum wage is a joke... pipoman Jun 2015 #4

and employers have to decide if they can afford to be IN business SoCalDem Jun 2015 #6

I have no idea how this relates to my post pipoman Jun 2015 #9

Guaranteed income tied to cost of living in the area it exists in and would adjust yearly. jwirr Jun 2015 #25

Any $10.10 or $15 legislation must also index the minimum-wage to be meaningful. Chan790 Jun 2015 #7

Regional scale based on cost of living pipoman Jun 2015 #11

I don't believe in regionalization of the minimum wage in any form ever. Chan790 Jun 2015 #12

Amen to that...and SoCalDem Jun 2015 #13

Massive inflation in places like SoCal pipoman Jun 2015 #19

Insead, local taxes need to be replaced with federal taxes. ieoeja Jun 2015 #22

Then the minimum wage will always be a joke pipoman Jun 2015 #18

I had not thought of that. I had suggested a guarantee income based on cost of living in the area jwirr Jun 2015 #26

The only places paying minimum wage now are pipoman Jun 2015 #29

Yes, I realize that. I live in the mid-west. jwirr Jun 2015 #30

I'm thinking Half-Century Man Jun 2015 #14

I last had a paid job in 1996 and was making $15.80 an hour SoCalDem Jun 2015 #16

Before the plant was sold, lock stock and barrel, to a guy in India (2008). Half-Century Man Jun 2015 #17

Adding a dollar an hour each year is much faster than inflation. nt Lucky Luciano Jun 2015 #21

I hadn't planned to add a dollar a year, just a coincidence. Half-Century Man Jun 2015 #27

Peak value in the minimum wage accoring to... Lucky Luciano Jun 2015 #31

It should be about the rising cost of living romanic Jun 2015 #15

Might as well fight for a basic income more than a mandatory wage increase The2ndWheel Jun 2015 #20

I've advocated a maximum allowable compensation and wealth cap for years. Half-Century Man Jun 2015 #28

Very good point. That is how we got here in the first place. And there is no doubt that prices will jwirr Jun 2015 #23