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Democrats want to make the minimum wage $17 an hour and give nearly 28 million workers a raise (www.businessinsider.com)

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Sen. Bernie Sanders is once again calling for a higher federal minimum wage. The current rate has been $7.25 since 2009.

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[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago

Totally agree. I ran the numbers for how much it would cost a single person to live in my state, and I came up with a minimum income threshold of about $40,000.

That includes rent, no car payments, utilities, healthcare costs and entertainment costs. So that doesn't even include car payments!

If you make less than $40,000 a year, you will not be able to afford to live in my state - I live in a moderate to high cost state.

$40,000 a year translates into $19/hour.