The meme that people are actually making the federal minimum wage today has to die. Not only are most state minimum wages far above $7.50 today, but even in states which have no state min wage/are pegged to the federal wage, actual ages for even entry level labor are well above that.
A "minimum wage" worker today, even in the deep south, is someone making in the $10 - 11.00 per hour range. It's the whole reason why there was such a strong lower middle and middle class backlash post COVID. Services got more expensive because entry level workers saw major wage growth.
YES $10 AND $11 IS SO MUCH MONEY THANK YOU YOU ARE SO SMART
Gee thank you for that biting financial analysis you should try living on that
A $100 transit card is more than 5% of income either way. So there’s no difference in that respect
The average driver spends 10-20% of their income on transportation. Just to make it clear how silly it is to complain about. A discount on an unavoidable living expense of 50% or more (with no random price spikes like accidents and repairs) is ridic to complain about.
I’m not complaining about anything—I could afford transit without batting an eye, but I don’t need to because my employer pays for it—I’m sympathetic towards others. You might give it a try sometime
There's nothing compassionate about feeding a starving man poison.
As true a non sequitur as has ever been spoken
The minimum wage in Sacramento is $16.50/hr which is more like $2600/month
