2016 Postmortem

Matt_R

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38. So a two income household should be the norm?

Reply to pipoman (Reply #18)

Sun Jun 26, 2016, 03:21 AM

Jun 2016

I say we double your numbers $20 minimum in Nebraska and $30 Minimum in NYC or LA.

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Minimum Wage should not be a static number. [View all] berni_mccoy Jun 2016 OP

please read OKNancy Jun 2016 #1

Defeated....it will not be in the final platform pipoman Jun 2016 #3

no, you have it backwards. OKNancy Jun 2016 #4

I didn't know I was reading a play by play...I'll wait to see the final product.. pipoman Jun 2016 #5

Thanks for the clarification berni_mccoy Jun 2016 #7

Clinton's preferred language on a $15 minimum wage is weak and ineffectual. Indexing was rejected. w4rma Jun 2016 #15

Only someone with no grasp of the US would believe such tripe... pipoman Jun 2016 #2

Do you have a recommendation to handle regional differences? MH1 Jun 2016 #9

Pay in rural areas is based entirely on supply of labor pipoman Jun 2016 #17

I think it should be indexed to average income in a geographic area.. pipoman Jun 2016 #20

That would be discrimination against rural workers. B Calm Jun 2016 #25

No it's not.... Adrahil Jun 2016 #36

Yes it is! B Calm Jun 2016 #40

Medicare uses cost of living data to determine payments to physicians country wide. Hoyt Jun 2016 #28

no no no SoLeftIAmRight Jun 2016 #14

In New York or LA, you would be living in a cardboard box, in Cheyenne, a cheap apt., maybe. kerry-is-my-prez Jun 2016 #16

Well then...nothing in life should suck... pipoman Jun 2016 #18

"people would never try to do better" - you say SoLeftIAmRight Jun 2016 #35

So a two income household should be the norm? Matt_R Jun 2016 #38

Maybe if money is an issue pipoman Jun 2016 #41

So, a two income "household." Matt_R Jun 2016 #42

For one person, $29k isn't just horrible. Igel Jun 2016 #26

So break down the cost of "basic needs" for us please... Matt_R Jun 2016 #43

Exactly!! Sancho Jun 2016 #6

I remember in the debates Hillary specifically calling to tie it to inflation. CrowCityDem Jun 2016 #8

This Johnny2X2X Jun 2016 #13

Well it has to be static number because... JaneyVee Jun 2016 #10

Business should have a vested interest in keeping inflation down berni_mccoy Jun 2016 #12

The Fed loves inflation. Igel Jun 2016 #27

FUCK 'uncertainty'. pansypoo53219 Jun 2016 #30

Business owners set prices as determined by inflationary forces. Why should wages not adjust, too? JonLeibowitz Jun 2016 #34

Oh, well. kcr Jun 2016 #45

Yes, the wage should be increased, pegged to the increase in Social Security payments. JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2016 #11

Bozo idea. SS does not reflect honest numbers. George Eliot Jun 2016 #22

My point exactly. Peg them both similarly. If they can't be identical, ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2016 #31

Got it. We agree and thanks for response. George Eliot Jun 2016 #33

Can we peg it to the salaries that Congress and the Senate get? Matt_R Jun 2016 #39

I strongly disagree with your method for setting it. Donald Ian Rankin Jun 2016 #19

Housing and food costs determine min wage. Forget median anything. George Eliot Jun 2016 #23

No, it's a lot harder than rocket science. Donald Ian Rankin Jun 2016 #24

I don't agree. Government does it all the time. George Eliot Jun 2016 #32

Government tries to do it, but they often fail. if government ever got it right Exilednight Jun 2016 #46

I think that's absolutely correct-one qualifier-COLA should be regional George Eliot Jun 2016 #21

First you have to redefine "live in poverty." Igel Jun 2016 #29

Minimum wage should keep up with inflation. Socal31 Jun 2016 #37

I wholeheartedly agree democrattotheend Jun 2016 #44