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Re:SouthwestAirlines' Meltdown Shows How Corporations Pit Co... by phpisthebest on Friday December 30, 2022 @09:06PM (#34192688)
the problem here is none of that is actually connected to what a person needs. "Living Wage" Laws are just a different way to implement minimum wages, none of the laws shown on that page are connected to any kind of structure or process by which things needed to "live" like food, housing etc are tabulated where by a wage is set.

it is just a arbitrary wage picked by legislatures exactly like a "minimum wage" law only the "living wage" seems to apply to older people, where "minimum wage" laws apply to everyone. For example a 20yo in the UK can make "minimum wage" but a 24yo will need to make "living wage" both of which are just numbers pulled out of thin air, not connected to "the amount of money you need to support yourself. "

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Re:SouthwestAirlines' Meltdown Shows How Corporations Pit Co... by tomalpha on Friday December 30, 2022 @09:35PM (#34192905)
> both of which are just numbers pulled out of thin air

The living wage is not in the UK. Dispute the method all you want of course, but there is a method:

https://www.livingwage.org.uk/calculation

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Re:SouthwestAirlines' Meltdown Shows How Corporations Pit Co... by standardUser on Friday December 30, 2022 @09:14PM (#34192752)
The numbers are in fact calculated, not pulled out of thin air. You seem to be cynically assuming they are not with no proof and no interest in proof one way or the other.
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