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[–] 3 points 1 year ago

Separate minimum wages doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Especially when it's so hyper specific:

minimum wage that would apply to construction workers on any housing project with 10 or more units and a height of up to 85 feet

So we're incentivizing smaller buildings, which is the exact opposite of what we need. Large, single-family homes being the only housing allowed in large swaths of cities is what got us the housing crisis. Now we're incentivizing them even more?

Construction workers currently earn a median wage of $18 per hour in L.A. and frequently face wage theft

The fact they're nearly doubling the prevailing wage for construction on apartment buildings, without addressing wage theft makes it abundantly clear this bill is about disincentivizing dense housing

It's just a bill to further inflate housing prices dressed up as helping workers. The main group that will benefit from this is wealthy landlords

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    [–] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Minimum wage should not be per industry.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    you see, how would they get low wage workers, and republican voters, and cannon fodder for the military. especially if even target, amazon, walmart low level associates earn more than someone in the military.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I think that red states should start selling their own people for manufacturing jobs to replace China and that blue states should be the ones that ultimately benefit from all of the hard work that those good wholesome red state workers are putting in. God bless those red states. God bless those hard workers supporting the blue state fragile people. Such amazing. Such greatness. Big. Wow. Red state awesome. Work awesome. Good job!

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    The first thing these lawmakers need yo realize is that helthcare plan prices on the marketplace are tied to your income. For whatever reason, they think I can actually afford $1500/mo on insurance. I'm all about raising wages for workers, but protections need to be out in place that restrict companies from raising prices just because they can.

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