alt Hacker NewsBoth 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.
> Both assertions display an offensive level of detachment and ignorance.
The number of jobs paying minimum wage was around 1% several years ago. It’s certainly gone down.
Minimum wage jobs are also highly biased toward young people, not parents raising two children.
> Tell me your city and I will find you a minimum wage job posting.
Show me a minimum wage job posting and I will find you a higher paying job with better conditions in the same area.