Minimum wage hikes will take effect in 2024 for 25 U.S. states. Here's who is getting a raise.

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Minimum wage hikes will take effect in 2024 for 25 U.S. states. Here's who is getting a raise.
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...I make about $20 per hour as a surgical tech, and the cheapest apartments that are within the on-call response time radius of the hospital and don't come with a realistic chance of getting shot while walking to or from the car; plus utilities, food, gas, etc... and there's almost nothing left.

I could stretch it out a little by eating rice for every meal, but $7.50 per hour wouldn't even cover rent. Splitting it with a roommate who also makes $7.50 per hour might just barely cover rent.

You'd need like 5 people sharing a single bedroom apartment and a car just have a roof over their head and food in their stomach.

...meanwhile we have oligarchs that make so much money that the number of dollars is literally beyond our brain's ability to process.

We're way overdue for guillotine day.

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