Minimum wage should probably be $30 per hour

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

When you take into account taxes, $15 or $20 dollars isnt shyt. With rent going up and costs of goods and services going up..paying people less than $30 is almost inhumane depending on where and who you are working for.

Work 40 hours on $20 and get like $625 in your account. What are you supposed to do with that?

Other option is raising the standard deduction from $12000 to like $24000 or $30000. That would probably be easier to accomplish legislatively and would let states and markets figure out the wage issue.

Either way, the status quo is ass.

 

[Ghost Utmost]

It's called poverty.

When you don't have enough money

 

[Kurt off them percs]

It's called poverty.

When you don't have enough money

Permanent underclass

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

It's called poverty.

When you don't have enough money

I'd have to calculate tax revenue loss to feds with a doubled deduction but there are ways to make that revenue neutral. That's a tax cut for every W2 employee that reaches those who make less more than anyone else

 

[Moose_Greyjoy]

If minimum wage goes up, price of living goes up.
*me looking at price of living going up every year, regardless of what government does

 

[OperationNumbNutts]

When you take into account taxes, $15 or $20 dollars isnt shyt. With rent going up and costs of goods and services going up..paying people less than $30 is almost inhumane depending on where and who you are working for.

Work 40 hours on $20 and get like $625 in your account. What are you supposed to do with that?

Other option is raising the standard deduction from $12000 to like $24000 or $30000. That would probably be easier to accomplish legislatively and would let states and markets figure out the wage issue.

Either way, the status quo is ass.

Interesting argument but there are people graduating college not starting off at $30 an hour which translates to $60k per year. What do you say about those people? Personally I think a low flat tax from corporations to people will work.