It is better that the states decide their own minimum wage to account for the cost of living differences between states; than it is for the federal gov't to make a one size fits all approach.
There are 23,627,000 millionaires in the US which is twenty seven times more than the number of minimum wage earners.
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u/TooBusySaltMining 10h ago edited 9h ago
Today only 1% of workers make the federal minimum wage, while in 1980 it was 15%.
https://usafacts.org/articles/minimum-wage-america-how-many-people-are-earning-725-hour/
It is better that the states decide their own minimum wage to account for the cost of living differences between states; than it is for the federal gov't to make a one size fits all approach.
There are 23,627,000 millionaires in the US which is twenty seven times more than the number of minimum wage earners.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_millionaires