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Why don't states with Dem majorities raise the local wage to match housing costs?
Washington State, New York, Minnesota... none of these states have escaped this problem.
Because the problem is the capitalist class is holding the government hostage with their lobbying. Shit's class war, not culture war.
[Sic]"Don't tell me there's no class war, of course there's class war. My class, the rich, started it and we're winning."
I hope there aren't any capitalists outside the Republican party.
California does. We have a state minimum wage of $15/hr, city minimum wages, (varies by the city, but here in San Diego it's currebtly $16.85 an hour) and now food service minimum wage of $20 an hour at the state level.
You can't pay for rent in San Diego on a $40k/year salary.
Even slums are going for $2k/mo. And food plus utilities easily puts you over the line.
$20/hr only really works if you've got some kind of subsidy or second job.
Oh yeah. I never said that they are keeping up with COL, but they are doing something at least. I personally think that corporations should be banned from owning residential property, but I don't believe the political will is there to actually manage to do that.
If the cost of living outpaced the wage rate, effective wages are falling.
Seattle's minimum wage is currently $19.97/hr. Why are you whining about placed that have already raised their minimum wage by a lot?
Cost of living has outpaced the sub-living wage minimum