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Minimum Wage Hike Could Lift People out of Poverty, Business Groups Warn (theshovel.com.au)
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[โ€“] Sparrowette@midwest.social 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I make 15.5USD per hour and still impoverished. You can't escape it. Being poor is by design.

[โ€“] Owlboi@lemm.ee 6 points 4 days ago

thats because 15$ should have been the minimum wage a decade ago. these days 20+ is barely enough