return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 21 days agoCalifornia voters to consider raising minimum wage to $18 with Proposition 32abc7.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down15
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minus-squareJesus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·21 days agoI don’t know why we don’t just peg minimum wage to inflation or county cost of living metrics. Fighting over this every few years is dumb.
minus-squareGiddyGap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 days agoSame reason why there’s a flight over the debt ceiling every few months. Hawks want the fight so they throw the economy into turmoil to get it their way.
minus-squareusernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-221 days agoSince 2023, it is tied to the CPI-W in California. Other blue states are stating to do the same It makes pushes to raise it further like this a bit more meaningful in the long run too
I don’t know why we don’t just peg minimum wage to inflation or county cost of living metrics. Fighting over this every few years is dumb.
Same reason why there’s a flight over the debt ceiling every few months. Hawks want the fight so they throw the economy into turmoil to get it their way.
At the state or city level though?
Since 2023, it is tied to the CPI-W in California. Other blue states are stating to do the same
It makes pushes to raise it further like this a bit more meaningful in the long run too