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To those who support #FightFor15, increasing the #MinimumWage and reducing #IncomeInequality: By 2025, the wage would have to be ~$20 to equal the $15 asked for when this began.
That's why we need to stop talking about a "minimum" wage and start talking about an #AmericanWage.
That's why we need to stop talking about a "minimum" wage and start talking about an #AmericanWage.
An #AmericanWage is the wage needed to provide for the basic needs of American life.
It clarifies to people of any political alignment or value system, that wages are meant to provide a standard of living adequate to all Americans.
It clarifies to people of any political alignment or value system, that wages are meant to provide a standard of living adequate to all Americans.
Yes, cost of living varies by state. But the purpose of the #AmericanWage is to establish a baseline for what your wage buys, not an arbitrary number lacking the consideration of determining what that wage buys.
Yes, a worker in West Virginia needs less than someone in New York.
Yes, a worker in West Virginia needs less than someone in New York.
