• Jesus@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    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.

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      3 months ago

      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

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      3 months ago

      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.