LogFAQs > #886031535

They are not being inclusive enough and it's gonna backfire.

Many people can agree that min wage is not a current living wage, but the truth is that 50% of people working in the US right now make less then $15 an hour.

That range is pretty large though with the Fed min wage still being $7.25 an hour.

There are tons and tons of skilled labor jobs that pay less then $15 an hour, many require schooling or training to achieve, and that isn't even counting all the jobs in there that Started at say $10 an hour and after 10+ years are not finally getting up to $13+ an hour.

A straight jump of minimum wage basically is a big middle finger to a large portion of that 50% of working americans who have slowly increased how much they make over years, or went to college for a job, or a vocational school, or just got a license etc that required spending money.

In my area (Olympia Wa), we jumped to $11 an hour, and suddenly every single job paid as much as skilled caregivers (requires training + $500+ dollars for the license) and a ton of other skilled jobs.

So no, a flat minimum wage increase of such a large amount will not a good solution.

A flat percentage increase of all non-salaried positions under $20 an hour (up to a max of $20 an hour), would be a better thing to strive for. Along with that though min you can pay for a salaried position would also need to go up (just not by 20%).

Still not a perfect solution, but way better then the total train wreck that just doubling the minimum wage across the board would be.
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