Support a Real Living Wage for Atlasian Workers

[Blair]

                                                                         

                                  For too long many hard working Atlasians, the very men and women
                                  who power our nations shops and services have been forced to rely
                                  on poverty wages of as low as $7.50. People and Families cannot be
                                  expected to pay the bills, pay their rent or simply survive. We urge
                                  Atlasians of all Parties to stand together and say enough is enough.
                                                     It's time for a Real Living Wage!

[LLR]

x Lt. Gov LLR

But the formatting is very screwy

[Pragmatic Conservative]

xRep. 1184AZ

[Blair]

[NeverAgain]

x NeverAgain (A Raise is a great step, but even $10.10 is lower than I would want)

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

x Peebs

[White Trash]

x Southern Gothic (Peg it to inflation)

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

x Scott

[Clyde1998]

x Clyde1998

We could possibly have it pegged to a certain percentage of the average wage in each state/region.

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

Why should government be allowed the power to dictate wages. They don't hold the means of production. The business owner does. Yes a free market economy is naturally unequal in outcome. But not in opportunity. In fact government intervention denies opportunity because of its desire to force "diversity" on business.

[pikachu]

x pikachu

As we've discussed in Fremont, it's probably best that we adjust the minimum wage to different living conditions throughout the country. The living wages in San Francisco and West Virginia are two very different things.

[Blair]

Yes a free market economy is naturally unequal in outcome. But not in opportunity. In fact government intervention denies opportunity because of its desire to force "diversity" on business.

That's just not true; a market economy without 'government intervention' would mean that property laws, intellectual property and the entirety of civic, social and political society that capital relies on would not exist

[Terry the Fat Shark]

Removing my signature ( WHITEOUT) because I now realize that this is a regional issue, not a national one.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

All this makes the incredibly dubious assumption that there will be no negative effect on employment.

I'd rather spend a bit more on public assistance if it means we aren't closing businesses and opportunities for people to enter the job market.

[Blair]

http://www.epi.org/minimum-wage-statement/