Most jobs will give you a performance review and a raise every year to account for inflation and any increased duties you’ve taken on. We increase minimum wage by massive amounts after far too many years which causes all sorts of economic concerns, business complaints, and just a bunch of arguments everywhere. Shouldn’t they just increase minimum wage 3.5% or whatever, every single year?

  • Neuromancer@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    The quick answer is cola should be built into the system. Neither party has taken minimum wage laws seriously. States have taken it more seriously than the feds. All jobs should be required to give a cola increase every year.

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    8 months ago

    Got to think about those poor business if they have to pay a nickel more for labor they would be broke

    Joking aside, minuim wage is a hot issue. One side fully believes that minuim wage is in fact a bad thing and shouldn’t exist. So for them putting a bill out that auto raises it would be counter productive to their interests business being able to hire with supply demand

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      8 months ago

      If a business cannot function while paying a decent wage it should not exist.

      Businesses with unrealistic business plans fail everyday, it is a basic function of capitalism.

      It is not a society’s responsibility to prop up business ventures that waste capital by continuing to pursue uneconomically viable enterprises.