#Capitalism #exploitation #HousingCrisis #LabourMovement #migrantWorkers #minimumwage #Robinvale #Solidarity #WorkingPoor
"it proves that the #minimumwage can be raised even higher than experts previously believed without hurting #employment. That should be good news. Instead, the policy has been portrayed as a catastrophic failure. That is a testament to how quickly economic #misinformation spreads—and how hard it is to combat once it does."
https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/archive/2024/12/california-minimum-wage-myth/681145/
If I'm doing my math right, all the septuagenarians and octogenarians saying how horrible a minimum wage increase in #Oklahoma would be all started their careers when the federal minimum wage had the highest buying power.
The last time minimum wages in the US had less buying power was in 1939, one year after a federal minimum wage was first introduced.
Now, now - the thoughtful people in the #GOP strategically set the #MinimumWage as an incentive for people to better themselves and get a better job.
After all, if you're not next to starving, why put in the effort?
(Sarcasm, just to be clear. Helping people understand the goals, and listening to their ideas about how to improve, is a demonstrated win-win. )
Kambodža hlavní město garsonka 1250,- Kč/měsíc.
"V Praze jsou nájmy v Evropě rekordně nejvyšší v poměru k minimální mzdě" -- "K zajištění bytu se dvěma ložnicemi je v Praze zapotřebí částka odpovídající 185 % minimální mzdy!"
A v Bruselu nejnižší.
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vůči českému a bruselskému režimu, když situace je taková.
#cambodia #capitalcity #apartment #studio #rentalprice #rent #rental #flat #prague #minimumwage #brussels #blisty #contempt #regime #czechregime #euregime #czechia #czechrepublic #cesko #ceskarepublika #ceskyrezim #housingcrisis #costoflivingcrisis #krizenajemneho #krizebydleni
Kyrgyzstan Retains Lowest Minimum Wage in the Eurasian Economic Union