In 2025, the federal minimum wage is officially a “poverty wage.” The annual earnings of a single adult working full-time, year-round at $7.25 an hour now fall below the poverty threshold of $15,650 (established by the Department of Health and Human Services guidelines). The limitations of how the federal government calculates poverty understate how far…

In 2025, the federal minimum wage is officially a “poverty wage.” The annual earnings of a single adult working full-time, year-round at $7.25 an hour now fall below the poverty threshold of $15,650 (established by the Department of Health and Human Services guidelines). The limitations of how the federal government calculates poverty understate how far the minimum wage is from economic security for workers and their families.

  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    20 hours ago

    Minimum wage works for jobs where people are underpaid because they outcompete each other and drive prices down. It’s essentially a forced union for unskilled workers which is fair because they don’t have the mental capacity to organize themselves.

    Can’t tell if centrist or republican.

          • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            9 hours ago

            If not you should reexamine which political label you have chosen for yourself and see if it actually matches your contempt for all who earn wages.

            • seeigel@feddit.orgEnglish
              1·
              8 hours ago

              It’s an analysis, not a solution. Where is the contempt? You can tell me where I am wrong but I haven’t said anything about how anybody should be treated.