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It varies fairly significantly from location to location. MIT has a decent calculator. Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 28/06/2017 07:56:41 PM

I've linked it below. Here's what they say:

"The living wage model is an alternative measure of basic needs. It is a market-based approach that draws upon geographically specific expenditure data related to a family’s likely minimum food, childcare, health insurance, housing, transportation, and other basic necessities (e.g. clothing, personal care items, etc.) costs. The living wage draws on these cost elements and the rough effects of income and payroll taxes to determine the minimum employment earnings necessary to meet a family’s basic needs while also maintaining self-sufficiency.

The living wage model is a ‘step up’ from poverty as measured by the poverty thresholds but it is a small ‘step up’, one that accounts for only the basic needs of a family. The living wage model does not allow for what many consider the basic necessities enjoyed by many Americans. It does not budget funds for pre-prepared meals or those eaten in restaurants. It does not include money for entertainment nor does it does not allocate leisure time for unpaid vacations or holidays. Lastly, it does not provide a financial means for planning for the future through savings and investment or for the purchase of capital assets (e.g. provisions for retirement or home purchases). The living wage is the minimum income standard that, if met, draws a very fine line between the financial independence of the working poor and the need to seek out public assistance or suffer consistent and severe housing and food insecurity. In light of this fact, the living wage is perhaps better defined as a minimum subsistence wage for persons living in the United States."

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Case study of the damage liberalism can do - $15 Min Wage - 27/06/2017 01:54:54 AM 1659 Views
Seattle is a poor choice for a case study - 27/06/2017 05:31:18 AM 1043 Views
Well, sure, but many of those non-entry level jobs are being held by baby boomers. - 27/06/2017 06:09:40 AM 1035 Views
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That is an incredibly silly argument. - 27/06/2017 08:56:09 PM 990 Views
If you assume wages can't go lower... - 29/06/2017 04:52:33 AM 1018 Views
Many? - 27/06/2017 12:30:39 PM 1007 Views
Amen. - 27/06/2017 07:21:47 PM 995 Views
Yes, many. My office is full of them. - 27/06/2017 08:59:55 PM 926 Views
So is life. - 27/06/2017 09:29:01 PM 950 Views
Re: So is life. - 27/06/2017 09:49:21 PM 947 Views
My father worked two jobs his entire working life. - 27/06/2017 09:56:56 PM 975 Views
We have a 40 hour work week for a reason. - 27/06/2017 10:17:15 PM 1005 Views
That's a piss-poor analogy - 27/06/2017 10:23:04 PM 942 Views
How is that really relevant, then? - 27/06/2017 11:03:34 PM 912 Views
I am really enjoying this new-fangled "like" feature we have now. *NM* - 28/06/2017 12:13:42 AM 667 Views
*NM* - 28/06/2017 12:25:45 AM 525 Views
Personal choice - 28/06/2017 12:20:47 AM 1030 Views
Re: Personal choice - 28/06/2017 12:32:31 AM 1004 Views
In theory I agree with your ideas about a living wage, however - 28/06/2017 12:16:56 PM 1012 Views
Very good questions - 28/06/2017 03:01:02 PM 955 Views
FULLY AUTOMATED LUXURY SPACE COMMUNISM. - 28/06/2017 07:49:59 PM 1105 Views
damn *NM* - 27/06/2017 09:29:01 PM 612 Views
Just retire already, you luddite! *NM* - 27/06/2017 09:45:46 PM 583 Views
I wish. - 27/06/2017 09:48:02 PM 985 Views
Bad life decisions lead to bad life consequences - 28/06/2017 05:44:58 PM 951 Views
You also shouldn't respond to it by letting them die. - 28/06/2017 07:53:10 PM 965 Views
But this same arguement can be flipped by.... - 28/06/2017 10:34:25 PM 1033 Views
I feel like you're making my arguments for me here. - 28/06/2017 10:51:38 PM 1059 Views
an apt comparison - 28/06/2017 11:09:25 PM 923 Views
So everyone who "can't" - 29/06/2017 09:49:41 AM 963 Views
ummm - 29/06/2017 02:06:54 PM 888 Views
I know. And I disagree with you. - 29/06/2017 04:58:45 PM 1005 Views
Health care and minimum wage are different discussions - 29/06/2017 05:14:07 PM 1012 Views
I think nossy and I are ok with letting lazy people get by... - 29/06/2017 08:11:36 PM 955 Views
Si - 29/06/2017 09:08:03 PM 984 Views
Who said that? - 29/06/2017 09:47:32 PM 1031 Views
Who said what? - 29/06/2017 10:32:12 PM 921 Views
There is a huge difference.... - 29/06/2017 05:10:05 PM 983 Views
Why does McDonalds keep coming up in this? - 29/06/2017 06:53:46 AM 1140 Views
Nicely said. Or written. *NM* - 29/06/2017 09:30:06 AM 560 Views
All right, so what society without minimum wage do you point to as a model? *NM* - 29/06/2017 09:39:12 AM 589 Views
How about "all the ones we had before the 20th century"? - 29/06/2017 10:47:30 PM 1089 Views
The ones where hunger and scarcity were widespread? - 29/06/2017 11:04:02 PM 941 Views
So just to put this out there... - 29/06/2017 11:12:47 PM 922 Views
Re: So just to put this out there... - 30/06/2017 01:34:03 AM 881 Views
Yes, and me being SUCH a fan of urbanization... - 30/06/2017 03:39:51 PM 1129 Views
I for one am entirely unsuprised. Common sense result. *NM* - 27/06/2017 06:23:01 AM 614 Views
Seems like a methodology to identify struggling operations more than one to evaluate... - 27/06/2017 10:25:30 AM 957 Views
But the traffic is the WORST. - 28/06/2017 12:47:13 AM 1072 Views
You are a Husky? TIL clover is one of the Huskies. - 28/06/2017 02:26:46 AM 891 Views
Re: But the traffic is the WORST. - 28/06/2017 10:38:54 AM 958 Views
Just to nitpick, Switzerland isn't exactly homogeneous. - 28/06/2017 10:28:01 PM 992 Views
So I've been thinking through this whole minimum wage thing.... - 28/06/2017 05:47:26 PM 1029 Views
It varies fairly significantly from location to location. MIT has a decent calculator. - 28/06/2017 07:56:41 PM 1483 Views
Re: So I've been thinking through this whole minimum wage thing.... - 29/06/2017 05:08:56 AM 1053 Views

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