• 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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    2 days ago

    I live in California. The minimum wage is $15/hour. This is not enough to afford rent in California. The highest paying job I’ve ever had was $18/hour. Still not enough to afford rent in California.

    I am lucky to still have my dad. When he goes, I’m probably not going to work ever again because what the fuck is the point of working 40-60 hours a week just to still be homeless?

    • Joeffect@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Check out what an actual living wage is …

      https://livingwage.mit.edu/

      And then get more pissed off at the system and how min wage is basically a political talking point pulled out of their asses…

      And that’s just to survive it’s not for excess… Just to stay out of poverty