An economist’s answer for why you deserve a raise and why a higher minimum wage won’t hurt the economy. by 6ixStringJack

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An economist’s answer for why you deserve a raise and why a higher minimum wage won’t hurt the economy.

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UPDATED: Friday, May 1, 2026 23:28
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-wage-crisis/

Here's your answer, Jacob...

If we raised the minimum wage right now, almost anybody on either side wouldn't even notice.

Why is that?

BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T RAISED THE FUCKING MINIMUM WAGE SINCE 2008.

If employers were still paying people $7.25 an hour in 2026, especially after Covid, you'd be seeing a LOT more CEO's being Luigi'ed.

That's the minimum wage. That's what I was making 10 years ago. When I got laid off from a company that paid higher than the minimum wage in 2019, I was making $11.72/hr after my worthless .22 cent an hour raise. That company now pays no less than $15/hr in every state in the country to start. That's 50 cents more than team leads made when I was there.

The only people who are affected anymore by the minimum wage in 2026 are whichever unions have it written into their contracts that if the minimum wage increases, their wages also increase. (The Elevator Repair Union comes first to mind).

Raise it to $15 now, and nobody else would even notice it.

Here's an idea.

How about you raise it to $15, but also put in there that it needs to increase every single year along with inflation, just like SSI payments do?

Otherwise, just shut the fuck up already. Because, unlike in 2008 when it was raised $1.00 to the current $7.25 an hour, raising it to $15 now doesn't help anyone, and we'll just go another goddamned 2 decades before it ever sees another increase.

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