Now The Fight For $20/hr?

[Benton]

(07-29-2019, 11:17 AM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: This is why I believe a minimum income should be set for a family, based on number in it.

1 parent 1 kid (+child support)
Say that parent has a job it pays 24k per year.
the min for that family is 30k. (Currently that number is $21,330 at poverty level, I would say bump it to 125% and go with $26,660 and then adjust for the area they live in, establish an average cost of living nationwide then adjust if their city is above/below that mark).
Gov supplements the difference of 6k.
This is much better than the Gov paying for everything.

Have it scale based on number of people in household.

That already happens, to a degree, as gov't assistance is based on dependents. You get more food, daycare reimbusement, etc based on your household size.