Minimum wage would be $26 an hour if it had grown in line with productivity
www.cbsnews.com
The gap between what average U.S. workers produce and what they earn has grown ever wider. That's a problem.
  • ebits21@lemmy.caEnglish
    16·
    1 year ago

    Yeah… increasing the minimum wage with productivity is not how capitalism works.

    Just a bunch of dragons sitting on hoards of treasure.

    • NounsAndWords@lemmy.world
      81·
      1 year ago

      Yes, but capitalism leads to creativity and innovation. Just think of all the ways they’ve managed to avoid increasing minimum wage and convince minimum wage workers that they aren’t worth any more.