Harris unveils support for $15 minimum wage after slamming Trump’s McDonald’s visit | CNN Politics
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Vice President Kamala Harris said for the first time Tuesday that she backs hiking the federal minimum wage to at least $15 an hour, after blasting former President Donald Trump for dodging a question about whether he wants to raise it.
  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
    262·
    6 days ago

    $15 min wage…ugh. That’d be nice if this were 2008.

    At this point we need a min wage right now of $25 an hour, but we also need to tie it to a percentage of the economy. Meaning if inflation goes up by 3%, min wage goes up by 8%.

    Yeah, let’s see you shrink those products now, knowing it means each time you do, you need to pay your employees drastically more.

    And can we somehow tie this to climate change? So as the globe gets hotter and hotter, the companies need to pay more and more.

    Oh look, the starbucks CEO just stopped daily comutes by private jet from L.A. to Seattle.

    • neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      121·
      6 days ago

      Reposting from elsewhere:

      Seattle started the movement for a $15 minimum wage in 2014. It passed and was slowly phased in, finishing the rollout in 2021. It’s also aligned to inflation, so the current minimum wage (in 2024) is $20.76 per hour.

      • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
        52·
        6 days ago

        …ok? That just makes me want to move to Seattle?

        I’m unclear on your intent with this info? Are you adding to my suggestion with contextual facts to show it works? Are you argueing saying it doesn’t work?

    • Flocklesscrow@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      5 days ago

      Tie it directly to a basket of stock indexes. The stock market has been a false proxy for the “economy” long enough. Make it do some actual work.

    • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
      1·
      5 days ago

      That’s the federal minimum. The state’s minimum wage subsequently increases based on cost of living, relative to the federal minimum. For example, the current federal minimum is $7.25/hr, but it’s $16 in NY. You could probably get by on $15/hr in Mississippi.

  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
    154·
    6 days ago

    It’s long past time for $15, and Democrats lost all credibility on the issue when Sinema delivered her thumbs down.

  • anticolonialist@lemmy.world
    102·
    5 days ago

    The right number 15 years ago. How out of touch with reality does a person have to be to propose a wage lower than Walmarts starting wage?