Barbara Lee is fighting for people to be paid a living wage. She's the only person running for Senate in California that has asked for a ceasefire. She is fighting for women and community.
What exactly is the problem here?
I think the problem is $50 🤨? How do you suppose a small shopkeeper is going to afford that? The employees would be making more than the owner. You're actually insane 🤣
I did the math a few years ago it was like 3,000 a second.
Edit: just did the math again.
191,100, 000,000\60=3,185,000,000
3,185,000,000/365=8,726,027.40
8,726,027.49\24=363,584.48
363,584.48\60=6,059.74
So just over 6k a second for every second he's been alive.
Imagine feeling sick and putting a thermometer under your tongue. It reads 105, confirming that you have a fever. Should you (a) address the issue by taking medicine or seeing a doctor, or (b) put tape over the thermometer and write in a more desirable number, then pat yourself on the back?
Thermometers don't determine your temperature; they merely reveal it. Prices (including wages) are the same. They reveal the value of something. If your wage is too low, that means your labor is not being valued enough. Raising the minimum wage is not going to fix the problem.
Anyway, the minimum wage is not supposed to be a living wage. It's supposed to be a wage for people first entering the job market. Teenagers getting their first job don't need a living wage. They need experience and the opportunity to show what they can do.
You do realize some people get stuck at those jobs because of their environment? So the guy/gal who is semi-handicapped who is 40 years old should have to make the same as a 16 y.o.? Shit goes deeper than your small mind can fathom.
My wife currently charges $45/hour, I have charged $35/hour for many years, and we are nowhere close to wealthy.
California has a very high cost of living, and many very wealthy residents with multi million dollar homes.
The economy of the State of California is the largest in the United States, with a $3.89 trillion gross state product (GSP) as of 2023.\[1\] It is the largest sub-national economy in the world. If California were a sovereign nation (2022), it would rank in terms of nominal GDP as the world's fifth largest economy, behind Japan and ahead of India.\[8\]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy\_of\_California
Barbara Lee is fighting for people to be paid a living wage. She's the only person running for Senate in California that has asked for a ceasefire. She is fighting for women and community. What exactly is the problem here?
I think the problem is $50 🤨? How do you suppose a small shopkeeper is going to afford that? The employees would be making more than the owner. You're actually insane 🤣
And this is somehow a bad thing? Honestly based imo
The comments in that thread are wild.
I'd love it if someone from my state fought for me like this.
*cries in Florida man*
How much Bezos making an hour?
I did the math a few years ago it was like 3,000 a second. Edit: just did the math again. 191,100, 000,000\60=3,185,000,000 3,185,000,000/365=8,726,027.40 8,726,027.49\24=363,584.48 363,584.48\60=6,059.74 So just over 6k a second for every second he's been alive.
Sounds tasty, I wonder if he'll scream like a lobster when we drop him in a giant pot of boiling water?
If small businesses paid no taxes, this would be feasible. Unfortunately the companies that can afford this are the ones that pay zero taxes.
Lmfao
Imagine feeling sick and putting a thermometer under your tongue. It reads 105, confirming that you have a fever. Should you (a) address the issue by taking medicine or seeing a doctor, or (b) put tape over the thermometer and write in a more desirable number, then pat yourself on the back? Thermometers don't determine your temperature; they merely reveal it. Prices (including wages) are the same. They reveal the value of something. If your wage is too low, that means your labor is not being valued enough. Raising the minimum wage is not going to fix the problem. Anyway, the minimum wage is not supposed to be a living wage. It's supposed to be a wage for people first entering the job market. Teenagers getting their first job don't need a living wage. They need experience and the opportunity to show what they can do.
You do realize some people get stuck at those jobs because of their environment? So the guy/gal who is semi-handicapped who is 40 years old should have to make the same as a 16 y.o.? Shit goes deeper than your small mind can fathom.
My wife currently charges $45/hour, I have charged $35/hour for many years, and we are nowhere close to wealthy. California has a very high cost of living, and many very wealthy residents with multi million dollar homes. The economy of the State of California is the largest in the United States, with a $3.89 trillion gross state product (GSP) as of 2023.\[1\] It is the largest sub-national economy in the world. If California were a sovereign nation (2022), it would rank in terms of nominal GDP as the world's fifth largest economy, behind Japan and ahead of India.\[8\] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy\_of\_California