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Who says that the minimum wage has to be a living wage?
Do high school and college kids really need to earn a living wage?
Do spouses working to increase family income really need to earn a living wage? (Two spouses incomes added together could be the family living wage)
Do seniors wanting to supplement their income really need to earn a living wage?
Do adult children need a living wage if they wish to live at home with their parents?
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How do you determine what a living wage is (particularly when different regions would have a different living wage?
There are many people out there who learn to live on $7.25 per hour. That is a living wage for them. There are many people out there who can't live on $50,000 per year. That is not a living wage for them.
Would a worker at McDonalds or Walmart earning $15 per hour, 25 hours per week ($375 per week) be earning a living wage?
How about if they had a working spouse?
How about if they had one kid?
How about if they had five kids?
If they earned this so called living wage does that mean we could drop the currently working poor from all social programs because there would no longer be any working poor anymore? After all, a living wage means that they earn enough to live on so they do not need social programs or a social safety net anymore.
Do high school and college kids really need to earn a living wage?
Do spouses working to increase family income really need to earn a living wage? (Two spouses incomes added together could be the family living wage)
Do seniors wanting to supplement their income really need to earn a living wage?
Do adult children need a living wage if they wish to live at home with their parents?
And
How do you determine what a living wage is (particularly when different regions would have a different living wage?
There are many people out there who learn to live on $7.25 per hour. That is a living wage for them. There are many people out there who can't live on $50,000 per year. That is not a living wage for them.
Would a worker at McDonalds or Walmart earning $15 per hour, 25 hours per week ($375 per week) be earning a living wage?
How about if they had a working spouse?
How about if they had one kid?
How about if they had five kids?
If they earned this so called living wage does that mean we could drop the currently working poor from all social programs because there would no longer be any working poor anymore? After all, a living wage means that they earn enough to live on so they do not need social programs or a social safety net anymore.
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