alt Hacker News> In what US city can someone on minimum wage raise two children? On the US federal minimum wage?!
Federal minimum wage is a strawman in large cities.
I'm in a medium cost of living city and I doubt I could find a minimum wage job listing if I tried. Fast food places and government buildings even advertise $15-20/hr jobs because they can't hire enough people.
Both assertions display an offensive level of detachment and ignorance.
> Federal minimum wage is a strawman in large cities.
I did first mention city minimum wage, and only referenced federal minimum wage after to drive the point that federally this discrepancy is even more grotesque.
States with "large cities" that use the federal minimum wage:
> Five states have not adopted a state minimum wage: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee. Three states, Georgia, Oklahoma and Wyoming, have a minimum wage below $7.25 per hour. In all eight of these states, the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour generally applies.
https://www.ncsl.org/labor-and-employment/state-minimum-wage...
> I'm in a medium cost of living city and I doubt I could find a minimum wage job listing if I tried.
Tell me your city and I will find you a minimum wage job posting.