06-11-2016, 09:22 PM
All this talk about raising the minimum wage and it's pros vs cons and yet no one seems to want to ask this....
Why don't we try to lower the cost of living?
If you didn't have to spend so much for milk and bread then that 7.25 goes a lot farther.
Not only that but why aren't some people willing to work 2 full time jobs? I understand NOT everyone will be able to do so, however there are many men that could actually work 2 jobs and 80 hours a week. After finishing at BK go across the street to McDonalds. It isn't like they have a non compete contract clause or anything. 7.25 x 2 would be 14.50.
If the cost of living were decreased then 14.50 would be more than enough to survive off of.
To me, when I saw this post originally, I thought that the main issue isn't that the minimum wage is too low, but the cost of living is too high.
Why don't we try to lower the cost of living?
If you didn't have to spend so much for milk and bread then that 7.25 goes a lot farther.
Not only that but why aren't some people willing to work 2 full time jobs? I understand NOT everyone will be able to do so, however there are many men that could actually work 2 jobs and 80 hours a week. After finishing at BK go across the street to McDonalds. It isn't like they have a non compete contract clause or anything. 7.25 x 2 would be 14.50.
If the cost of living were decreased then 14.50 would be more than enough to survive off of.
To me, when I saw this post originally, I thought that the main issue isn't that the minimum wage is too low, but the cost of living is too high.
