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@rootfake

> Minimum wage is supposed to be a living wage

and it shouldn't be, thats the point. It disproportionately harms the poorest least skilled of the work force, it shouldnt exist at all, let alone act as a living wage.

> Frankly, food and housing should be freely available to all

Absolutely agree it should be, and minimum wage should also be abolished.

> but at an absolute fucking minimum, a person working full time should be able to afford their own place and decent food

Only if that full time is **worth** decent food and your own place. People deserve food and an education to be able to gaint he skills to be worth a home and decent food, it is not the obligation of anyone paying someone money to do a task to provide that. It is the governments responsibility to create a healthy economy and valuable workers through access to free education, training, and sometimes welfare.

> which is completely impossible at min wage in the US right now

Entirely possible, for people who are skilled enough to be worth the income needed to afford these things. The fact that many people exist who do not have sufficiently marketable skills is the problem needing solving, not minimum wage.

> Fuck the protestant work ethic and the religious fanatics it rode in on.

Has nothing to do with work ethic, bother understanding a persons position first.

@MikeDunnAuthor