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[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 63 points 3 days ago (5 children)

To be fair, many states and cities have their own minimum wages higher than the federal minimum. I'll let you guess which states don't.

[–] hannesh93@feddit.org 73 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The ones where the people are most afraid of communism and think minimum wage is socialism?

[–] Tyfud@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] BadNewsNobody@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (3 children)
[–] machinaeZER0@lemm.ee 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

For anyone about to downvote - it's a quote from Inglorious Basterds ^

[–] hemmes@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

It’s an older quote, sir, but it checks out.

[–] Resonosity@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Lemming, chill

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

But you said—

[–] ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

50 states makes this game too difficult. Can we just guess colors instead?

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I live in a red state with an $11/hr minimum wage. We got that by amending the constitution, thereby overriding the legislature which was opposed to the increase. Unfortunately $11/hr is not even close to enough to live on here so apparently it's time to raise it via another constitutional amendment. Sigh

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 days ago

Gotta double it to catch up, and pin it to inflation at the same time so it stops falling behind.

[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Surprisingly, Florida has a higher minimum wage--nearly double that of the federal minimum, and will reach $15 in 2026. Of course, you can't survive on that working 40 hours a week.