drxdrg08 t1_j2905bo wrote on December 30, 2022 at 2:55 PM

Reply to comment by threesimplewords in Pennsylvania not among states raising their minimum wages in 2023 by gvillepa

According to official statistics, about 0.1% of people that are not young people earn minimum wage.

And it's most likely part-time positions that would have been volunteering positions but can't be for various legal reasons, so they pay minimum wage.

This minimum wage battle is a sham, like most things in politics. It just pits not so smart people against each other from both sides and keeps them busy fighting each other.

yeags86 t1_j299x3w wrote on December 30, 2022 at 4:03 PM

Sure, that’s a valid statistic. How many people are getting a dollar or less above minimum though? I think that would provide a much clearer picture.

drxdrg08 t1_j2b98m0 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 11:48 PM

I can tell you that 30% of all people earning minimum wage or less had a household income over $100K.

Fluid-Wrongdoer6120 t1_j29llqt wrote on December 30, 2022 at 5:19 PM

if it had no impact like you imply, I can't imagine why republicans are fighting so hard against raising it?

drxdrg08 t1_j2b6bzo wrote on December 30, 2022 at 11:28 PM

Because a universal minimum wage is a fundamentally stupid idea.

Cost of living varies greatly across the state.

Federal worker salaries are adjusted for the area where the employee lives. That only makes sense. Private companies are starting to do the same with work-from-home arrangements if the employee moves away from high COLA locations.

Fluid-Wrongdoer6120 t1_j2bb13y wrote on December 31, 2022 at 12:01 AM

if you say so, personally I'd say its a good way to keep desperate to work people from being taken advantage of. Everyone knows that COL varies by region but there's still a minimum that will get you by, even in the cheapest area

drxdrg08 t1_j2bs7as wrote on December 31, 2022 at 2:08 AM

> good way to keep desperate to work people from being taken advantage of

This is not possible unless there is collusion between different employers. There was evidence of that happening with big Tech in Silicon Valley a while back, but there is no evidence of that ever happening in Pennsylvania.