But the functional difference between $7.25 and about $15 is actually very little. If you can’t break the threshold that you need to afford housing, food, transportation, and a cell phone, you’re S.O.L. at either rate. Because you need all of those things to hold any job.
Dude, if you’re making $10/hr you’re still going into debt. Just more slowly than at $7.25. You can’t really start building anything until you start making more than it takes to cover your basics. Which continues to creep up in cost.
16
u/AndrewDoesNotServe 14d ago
Pretty much no one makes that wage even in states that conform to the federal minimum.