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   Jay Hannah (deafferret@octodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Feb-2023 00:18:49 JST Jay Hannah

   I support increasing the minimum wage, but should a national baseline be tied to the cost of a tiny studio apartment where rent is highest? I’m sitting in a 4 bedroom, 3 bath house “in the woods” and my cost of housing is lower than this: https://universeodon.com/@LadyDragonfly/109853277664537670

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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Feb-2023 00:18:48 JST silverwizard

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     @deafferret Honestly?
     Why shouldn't the minimum wage cover living anywhere? I mean - the minimum wage seems like it should be a reasonable living wage?
     
     You might argue that rent speculation might be a different place to fight that - but it seems wrong to be like "the minimum wage shouldn't cover rent"
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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Feb-2023 00:48:13 JST silverwizard

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     @deafferret So I've always been in favour of a UBI based on a per-county goods market basket - and the UBI is the amount in that basket, with a centrally mandated basket of goods
     
     But I think it's ok to let people in Nebraska be a little richer?
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     Jay Hannah (deafferret@octodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Feb-2023 00:48:14 JST Jay Hannah

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     @silverwizard the minimum wage should be a living wage. Housing, food, clothing, medical, education.

     But NYC and SF are waaaay more out of whack than Omaha, Nebraska where I live. So a federal minimum wage based on NYC would be propping up those insane housing valuations, further enriching those landowners. Those valuations, rent prices should collapse.

     I think some version of this formula could work. But locally, not nationally. Punish Omaha’s city council and mayor for not building enough affordable housing here. Don’t try to punish Omaha for NYC’s insanity. We can’t possibly afford that.