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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 1445 Views
Seattle is a poor choice for a case study - 27/06/2017 05:31:18 AM 808 Views
Well, sure, but many of those non-entry level jobs are being held by baby boomers. - 27/06/2017 06:09:40 AM 795 Views
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That is an incredibly silly argument. - 27/06/2017 08:56:09 PM 781 Views
If you assume wages can't go lower... - 29/06/2017 04:52:33 AM 794 Views
Many? - 27/06/2017 12:30:39 PM 782 Views
Amen. - 27/06/2017 07:21:47 PM 756 Views
Yes, many. My office is full of them. - 27/06/2017 08:59:55 PM 708 Views
So is life. - 27/06/2017 09:29:01 PM 739 Views
Re: So is life. - 27/06/2017 09:49:21 PM 715 Views
My father worked two jobs his entire working life. - 27/06/2017 09:56:56 PM 744 Views
We have a 40 hour work week for a reason. - 27/06/2017 10:17:15 PM 782 Views
That's a piss-poor analogy - 27/06/2017 10:23:04 PM 731 Views
How is that really relevant, then? - 27/06/2017 11:03:34 PM 693 Views
I am really enjoying this new-fangled "like" feature we have now. *NM* - 28/06/2017 12:13:42 AM 542 Views
*NM* - 28/06/2017 12:25:45 AM 401 Views
Personal choice - 28/06/2017 12:20:47 AM 810 Views
Re: Personal choice - 28/06/2017 12:32:31 AM 758 Views
In theory I agree with your ideas about a living wage, however - 28/06/2017 12:16:56 PM 762 Views
Very good questions - 28/06/2017 03:01:02 PM 748 Views
FULLY AUTOMATED LUXURY SPACE COMMUNISM. - 28/06/2017 07:49:59 PM 863 Views
damn *NM* - 27/06/2017 09:29:01 PM 474 Views
Just retire already, you luddite! *NM* - 27/06/2017 09:45:46 PM 482 Views
I wish. - 27/06/2017 09:48:02 PM 771 Views
Bad life decisions lead to bad life consequences - 28/06/2017 05:44:58 PM 723 Views
You also shouldn't respond to it by letting them die. - 28/06/2017 07:53:10 PM 740 Views
But this same arguement can be flipped by.... - 28/06/2017 10:34:25 PM 803 Views
I feel like you're making my arguments for me here. - 28/06/2017 10:51:38 PM 834 Views
an apt comparison - 28/06/2017 11:09:25 PM 700 Views
So everyone who "can't" - 29/06/2017 09:49:41 AM 730 Views
ummm - 29/06/2017 02:06:54 PM 661 Views
I know. And I disagree with you. - 29/06/2017 04:58:45 PM 774 Views
Health care and minimum wage are different discussions - 29/06/2017 05:14:07 PM 747 Views
I think nossy and I are ok with letting lazy people get by... - 29/06/2017 08:11:36 PM 741 Views
Si - 29/06/2017 09:08:03 PM 749 Views
Who said that? - 29/06/2017 09:47:32 PM 817 Views
Who said what? - 29/06/2017 10:32:12 PM 691 Views
There is a huge difference.... - 29/06/2017 05:10:05 PM 755 Views
Why does McDonalds keep coming up in this? - 29/06/2017 06:53:46 AM 885 Views
Nicely said. Or written. *NM* - 29/06/2017 09:30:06 AM 444 Views
All right, so what society without minimum wage do you point to as a model? *NM* - 29/06/2017 09:39:12 AM 472 Views
How about "all the ones we had before the 20th century"? - 29/06/2017 10:47:30 PM 865 Views
The ones where hunger and scarcity were widespread? - 29/06/2017 11:04:02 PM 716 Views
So just to put this out there... - 29/06/2017 11:12:47 PM 702 Views
Re: So just to put this out there... - 30/06/2017 01:34:03 AM 687 Views
Yes, and me being SUCH a fan of urbanization... - 30/06/2017 03:39:51 PM 894 Views
I for one am entirely unsuprised. Common sense result. *NM* - 27/06/2017 06:23:01 AM 500 Views
Seems like a methodology to identify struggling operations more than one to evaluate... - 27/06/2017 10:25:30 AM 728 Views
But the traffic is the WORST. - 28/06/2017 12:47:13 AM 826 Views
You are a Husky? TIL clover is one of the Huskies. - 28/06/2017 02:26:46 AM 672 Views
Re: But the traffic is the WORST. - 28/06/2017 10:38:54 AM 720 Views
Just to nitpick, Switzerland isn't exactly homogeneous. - 28/06/2017 10:28:01 PM 772 Views
So I've been thinking through this whole minimum wage thing.... - 28/06/2017 05:47:26 PM 798 Views
It varies fairly significantly from location to location. MIT has a decent calculator. - 28/06/2017 07:56:41 PM 1243 Views
Re: So I've been thinking through this whole minimum wage thing.... - 29/06/2017 05:08:56 AM 784 Views

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