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_DeadFred_today at 1:56 AM1 replyview on HN

I agree the deal from when minim wage was established is broken. A wage you can't raise a family on is not a living wage, as it results in a dead/old age society, not a living society.

As such, this part of the new deal should be reverted as well "We are relaxing some of the safeguards of the anti-trust laws. The public must be protected against the abuses that led to their enactment, and to this end, we are putting in place of old principles of unchecked competition some new Government controls. They must, above all, be impartial and just. Their purpose is to free business, not to shackle it" since business has not held up their side of the new deal.


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IncreasePoststoday at 2:06 AM

What's a family? Should it be 2-3 kids max, and then you're on your own?

A solo adult who doesn't want kids is going to have far lower expenses and "living wage" than a single mother with 6 kids.