Check mate, libtards

17 hours ago by ickplant to c/politicalmemes

daychilde 64 points 16 hours ago

We're way past needing $15/hr. Should be $20/hr minimum, and really more like $25/hr.

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Lemmyoutofhere -28 points 15 hours ago

Just move to an actual civilised country.

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daychilde 29 points 14 hours ago

Incredibly, not everyone is able to do that. It takes financial resources and a lack of health issues, for one.

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defaultusername 17 points 13 hours ago

Many countries also have strict immigration requirements.

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RickyRigatoni 3 points 30 minutes ago

Yeah really pissed me off spending all those years listening to europeans talk shit about american immigration policies being too strict when all of europe is just like "if your grandparents aren't one of us, you're unskilled labor, or don't have a high enough education fuck off"

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AmbitiousProcess 13 points 12 hours ago

And being willing to physically leave behind every single person you know and love that doesn't want to move to the exact same area in the exact same different country as you!

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daychilde 4 points 11 hours ago

Yeah. So like I said, finances and health.

;-)

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lividweasel 13 points 15 hours ago

The highest minimum wage in Canada is $20.17 in Nunavut. At the current exchange rate, that’s USD$14.15.

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ryannathans -33 points 15 hours ago

There's people out there providing for their family as the sole bread winner and doing fine on 22/hr, it really depends on where you are living

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h4x0r 25 points 11 hours ago

doing fine surviving

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LemmyFeed 19 points 14 hours ago

Yes but imagine if they got 25 instead of 22; they could maybe save a little more and live a little more too.

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ryannathans -9 points 13 hours ago

The focus should be on crushing inflation, not adding inflationary pressure when everyone is already struggling

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kossa 9 points 10 hours ago

Yeah, because breaking the inflation pressure is always on the workforce, never on the companies.

I only ever heard "you should abstain from wanting higher salaries, 'cause inflation". Never has a politician or economist said "companies should abstain from raising prices, 'cause inflation" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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gingernate 9 points 13 hours ago

But zero or negative inflation is very bad for the economy

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RememberTheApollo_ 13 points 12 hours ago

Are there? I’d like to see those numbers. I was earning 16/hr 20 years ago and after state and local tax, health insurance, and mortgage it was choosing what bills wouldn’t get paid until late fees racked up. We weren’t living large, our living space was just over 1,000 square feet.

16/hr 20 years ago is equivalent to about 27/hr today. So I have a hard time beleiving 22/hr is going to be much more than beans ‘n rice for a family - assuming this is a normal work week and not someone pulling 60 hours and OT.

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ryannathans -7 points 11 hours ago

The latest Caleb Hammer show episode has a guy earning 22/hr working in a warehouse supporting his wife that doesn't work. Tons of irresponsible high interest debt, buying 8 balls of cocaine, still smoking, vaping, and he's able to pay back the debt without declaring bankruptcy whilst also putting away a few hundred a month into savings

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NotASharkInAManSuit 5 points 8 hours ago

Oh, thank god, I thought you were being serious until you credited Caleb Hammer.

They’re just joking, everyone. Don’t take it seriously.

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bstix 2 points 2 hours ago

It's always the smoking in those shows.

Like it's super important to cut back some $100 a' month habit to negotiate cutting several millions off the debt just by talking to the creditors.

Of course smoking is bad financially, but the whole point is really about punching downwards.

Participants need to bend down and quit smoking, vaping, fast food or anything really just so they can be told so and do what is said, like some sick submissive role play.

Meanwhile, actual rich people smoke, vape and eat at restaurants all the time. Because they "can afford to", because they're like fucking heroes just for being rich.

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greedytacothief 1 point 3 hours ago

There are technically jobs like that near me, but you work 5 12s or 80 hours a week. And the only reason it works is the 40 hours of overtime. Not a life I'd want to live

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daychilde 9 points 14 hours ago

There's people out there surviving on less, too. So?

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i_need_your_bones 9 points 14 hours ago

That should be the standard for minimum wage. It used to be the case

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reksas 3 points an hour ago

oh yea, well there are people who do fine with 0/hr. It indeed depends on where you live. (uncontacted tribes in amazon for example)

How is this relevant, i have no idea

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impairedimperator 37 points 13 hours ago

I knew a guy like this.

He stayed on the pills and got the job anyway

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JoMiran 27 points 16 hours ago

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starik 22 points 15 hours ago

$15/hr is only $31k/yr before taxes

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ickplant 17 points 15 hours ago

Yes, we should be somewhere around $30/hour for a living wage now. Of course this will vary by area.

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14th_cylon 1 point 14 hours ago

I think the point is it does not equal to the 150k from the post

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ickplant 4 points 13 hours ago

Ah yes, that is also very correct.

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caurvo 2 points 13 hours ago

If you "work" for 8760 hours a year it nets out $130k. So not too far off assuming you are on the clock 24/7 with no actual job!

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SatansMaggotyCumFart 15 points 14 hours ago

I want the pills and the money.

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hamsamrich 14 points 16 hours ago

I’d rather keep taking the pills!

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Tolookah 10 points 15 hours ago

You say you stop taking the pills, but keep on them, of course.

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0x0 6 points 14 hours ago

That's how you negotiate a raise

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aceshigh 5 points 13 hours ago

You’ve now got the money to fund it, I don’t see another path.

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MasutaHarada 6 points 10 hours ago

No pills, but no limits on liquid or powder , loophole.

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inclementimmigrant 5 points 2 hours ago

That's some nice Poe's law there.

Reminds me of my very first job and the addict son who replaced our floor manager.

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SethTaylor 4 points 3 hours ago

What a coincidence. My uncle gave me a job at his oil drilling company as long as I agreed to stay ON my pills.

He also gave a fresh college graduate a job there as long as she agreed to stay on the pill.

My uncle is a bad person

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