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Re:Minimum Wage Still Can’t Pay For A Two-Bedroom Apartment ... by titusjohnson on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @03:56PM (#20226749)
Awesome, sounds like you're on board with the common definition of Living Wage (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_wage): "secure food, shelter, clothing, health care, transportation and other necessities of living in modern society".
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Re:Minimum Wage Still Can’t Pay For A Two-Bedroom Apartment ... by leetcrew on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @04:00PM (#20226783)
no I don't think I am. from the first paragraph of the Wikipedia article:

> The goal of a living wage is to allow a worker to afford a basic but decent standard of living. Due to the flexible nature of the term "needs", there is not one universally accepted measure of what a living wage is and as such it varies by location and household type.

this is what I'm saying. who knows what I'm committing to if I say I support a "living wage"?

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