08-07-2018, 05:14 PM
(08-07-2018, 02:37 AM)Millhouse Wrote: A generic minimum wage increase for a big state like that isn't a good thing. As the article states, New York had a minimum wage increase, but included regional variations for areas outside of NYC with a much less cost of living, which is how minimum wage increases should be done.
(08-07-2018, 11:45 AM)Stewy Wrote: And should be fairly easy to calculate if you start with population density and adjust for avg revenue generated by business sub regionally. Those are numbers that exist publicly, so yes it should be easy to have a regional varying minimum wage.
(08-07-2018, 04:14 PM)Yojimbo Wrote: My state, Oregon, implemented regional min. wage. The 4 major cities (Portland, Salem, Eugene and Bend) will go to $15, bigger towns will go to $13.75 and rural will go to $12.75. That should work out here, but I think a min. wage still needs to be tied to inflation or we’re just going to be having this fight again in 10 years.
Now, this is just logical thinking. You know that isn't allowed in these discussions.
In all seriousness, this is all very true. A sustainable minimum wage is something with a lot of variability depending on the location and we need to treat it as such.
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