A minimum-wage worker needs 2.5 full-time jobs to afford a one-bedroom apartment in most of the US. (2018)

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[–]suckitreddit 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Minimum wage is for children.

[–]Optimus85 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

And this is where capitalism fails. Treating basic needs such as housing like a commercial commodity and determining its value based on the laws of the market(supply and demand, inflation, speculation, emerging markets, etc.) completely disregards the human factor. I am not advocating communism as it stifles innovation, competition, entrepreneurship and certain freedoms(communism however does not equal totalitarianism) but a little bit more socialism wouldn't hurt. If you don't mind being branded a "commie" by those conflating communism with socialism. But I digress, this world is FUCKED!

[–]IsraelDid911 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Our central bank system failed, which is a communist system. Our open border system failed, which decreases wages by keeping the supply of labor too high.

[–]Yayme 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

What is your answer? Abolish private property and take people's homes and give them to the poor? You people always talk about how we have more vacant homes than we have homeless, and how we should take them. You know most of those homes are in places like Flint Michigan, right? You want to move all the homeless to places that are already experiencing a blight.

Or, we could build government housing, and provide that. Like we did with the housing projects. That turned out great too, right? Put all the poor people in one district, so they get zero money in taxes for the public school system or police or libraries, or even grocery stores with fresh food.

Pretty much everything the government runs is bloated, corrupt, and mismanaged. I'd prefer not to let them get their hooks in to housing.

If you want to suggest raising the minimum wage, I'm all for that. But lets go ahead an avoid communism. For everyone's sake.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

OR we could make the international banking cartel work FOR us, rather than basically force us into their contracts by indebting the authority of the land into their contracts.

[–]noice 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Why is this in /s/conspiracy?

[–]HibikiBlackCaudillo[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

The conspiracy here is how the usury system is holding people back.

[–]HibikiBlackCaudillo[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well, when it comes to changing the government for the better, a lot of people are going to need as much income as they can get, this article talks about how much money the average minimum wage worker may need just to afford a one bedroom apartment.

A lot of workers in the US would need 2.5 full-time jobs in order to mantain a one-bedroom apartment in most of the US. I'm sure there are more options that can be obtained, but it still doesn't changes the fact that a lot of people aren't that lucky.

[–]Optimus85 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

18$ an hour minimum where I live for a 1 bedroom plus utilities with a little left over for food.

[–]Yayme 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I mean, this article is kind of pointless. It would have been much more meaningful to compare the state minimum wage with the housing costs, rather than the federal minimum wage. Which does still leave most states short. But, it's not hard data to get. So it makes me suspect their housing costs data as well.

If you're going to provide numbers, you should make sure they're meaningful, because there is always going to be some asshole like me, who works with numbers for a living, who is going to come in and say "What you're looking at here is not relevant."

Below is a list of the actual minimum wage for each state

1 . Alabama $7.25 (Federal, no state minimum)

2 . Alaska $10.19

3 . Arizona $12.00

4 . Arkansas $10.00

5 . California $13.00*

6 . Colorado $12.00

7 . Connecticut $11.00 ($12.00 effective 9/1/20)

8 . Delaware $9.25

9 . Washington D.C. $15.00

10 . Florida $8.56

11 . Georgia $5.15 (Employers subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act must pay the $7.25 Federal minimum wage)

12 . Hawaii $10.10

13 . Idaho $7.25

14 . Illinois $10.00

15 . Indiana $7.25

16 . Iowa $7.25

17 . Kansas $7.25

18 . Kentucky $7.25

19 . Louisiana $7.25 (Federal, no state minimum)

20 . Maine $12.00

21 . Maryland $11.00

22 . Massachusetts $12.75

23 . Michigan $9.65

24 . Minnesota $10.00**

25 . Mississippi $7.25 (Federal, no state minimum)

26 . Missouri $9.45

27 . Montana $8.65

28 . Nebraska $9.00

29 . Nevada $8.00***

30 . New Hampshire $7.25 (Federal, no state minimum)

31 . New Jersey $11.00

32 . New Mexico $9.00

33 . New York $11.80**** (statewide)

34 . North Carolina $7.25

35 . North Dakota $7.25

36 . Ohio $8.70

37 . Oklahoma $7.25

38 . Oregon $11.50****

39 . Pennsylvania $7.25

40 . Rhode Island $10.50

41 . South Carolina $7.25 (Federal, no state minimum)

42 . South Dakota $9.30

43 . Tennessee $7.25 (Federal, no state minimum)

44 . Texas $7.25

45 . Utah $7.25

46 . Vermont $10.96

47 . Virginia $7.25

48 . Washington $13.50

49 . West Virginia $8.75

50 . Wisconsin $7.25

51 . Wyoming $5.15 (Employers subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act must pay the $7.25 Federal minimum wage)