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3. Barbara Lee thought the Federal Minimum wage should be $50 per hour when she was running for the Senate

Thu Oct 31, 2024, 01:02 PM

Oct 2024

For someone working 40 hours per week, that would be $104,000 per year.

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How high is too high for a minimum wage? [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2024 OP

How much money do billionaires need? Basso8vb Oct 2024 #1

The mega company I worked for duncang Oct 2024 #2

You still can't but a house in Silicon Valley for $50 an hour. Basso8vb Oct 2024 #4

I like to counter the argument with this Metaphorical Oct 2024 #6

Ask yourself this Metaphorical Nov 2024 #13

strange how they always talke about minimum wage Skittles Oct 2024 #9

That minimum better be enough to survive on... justaprogressive Nov 2024 #10

If you raise the minimum wage, other jobs compensation has to adjust. milestogo Nov 2024 #11

But Elessar Zappa Nov 2024 #14

Agreed. milestogo Nov 2024 #15