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[-] paddirn@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago

Minimum wage shouldn’t ever be a specific amount, it should be a percentage tied to some other economic metric, so that as inflation or cost of living rises, wages increase with it as well. This BS of having to wait for out-of-touch millionaire Congress members to approve of minimum wage increases is ridiculous.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 17 points 23 hours ago

Meanwhile, Congress has raised their own pay multiple times since they raised the minimum wage back in 2009.

Actually, looking into it, it seems that they gave themselves an automatic annual pay raise back in the ethics reforms act of 1989! Fucking assholes.

https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/97-615.html

"The automatic annual adjustment for Members of Congress is determined by a formula using a component of the Employment Cost Index (ECI),......"

".....This adjustment formula was established by the Ethics Reform Act of 1989."

[-] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

In Europe we call this wage indexation, you should try it!

[-] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 16 points 23 hours ago

Don't worry, we won't.

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 9 points 23 hours ago

Canadians and Europeans, hold on to this stuff. There are people trying to take away universal healthcare from Canada and Brexit happened. This shit can happen to anyone if you get complacent.

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