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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs a mandatory national minimum wage necessary for restoring a strong middle class
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Is a mandatory national minimum wage necessary for restoring a strong middle class (Original Post)
everyonematters
Jul 2025
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Be prepared for the centrists espousing the "Abundance Agenda" to oppose raising the minimum wage.
Fiendish Thingy
Jul 2025
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Stargleamer
(2,617 posts)1. Necessary but insufficient. . .
Free universal healthcare is needed as well
no_hypocrisy
(54,317 posts)2. You kidding? Likely on TSF's list of To-Do's
Is abolishment of minimum wage.
Fiendish Thingy
(22,081 posts)3. Be prepared for the centrists espousing the "Abundance Agenda" to oppose raising the minimum wage.
Raising the minimum wage would interfere with their goal of removing bureaucracy and red tape (you know, building and zoning codes, labor laws and environmental impact studies, pesky things like that) to speed up housing, infrastructure projects, etc (aka maximizing profits).
Wounded Bear
(63,859 posts)4. It would go a long way...
but sadly, many states have raised it on their own, thus reducing the pressure to fix it nationally. Blue states have mostly done it, red states ain't interested.
Note that raising the min wage nationally would also be a boost to SS revenues as well.