What expenses make up their living wage calculation? How did they get their numbers? What is their methodology?

The idea is that this is what is required for you to live yes, hence "living" wage

You're trying to tell me you need to live without roommates to be alive for more than one day?

You trying to tell me that you need internet at home and not on your free obamaphone or at the public library?

You're telling me you need money for:

The civic engagement component is constructed using 2019 national
expenditure data by household size from the 2019 Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer
Expenditure Survey including: (1) Fees and admissions, (2) audio and visual equipment and
services, (3) pets, and (4) toys, (5) hobbies, and playground equipment, (6) other entertainment
supplies, (7) equipment, and services, (8) reading, and (9) education. Civic engagement costs cover
expenses related to participating in and engaging in civic activities.

To stay alive for more than one day?

Lol, Karen please

They are touting this as what you need to live, and clearly these things are not required for living. So any wage that is derived from these incorrect assumptions is also incorrect

This is the main problem with the "living wage" argument and trying to actually build ****ing policies around this nonsense

Yep, glad the methodology and definitions have been fleshed out now.

A living wage is such an arbitrary phrase. Basic needs including all the civic expenditures is a joke.

In other words, don't have kids if you can't afford them. DINK life is insane. I barely work and have mountains of money saved & invested.

Pretty simple.

That's quite a statement...........

So in our society, we should only allow those who are rich enough to procreate? You realize they have government systems in place so poor people can procreate so they can work low end jobs right?


You're not thinking bigger picture and shows your immaturity......who would run factories if poor people who struggle all their lives didn't procreate? Oil fields? Warehouses? Fast food?

Our economy would 100% collapse if your logic was implemented. You should educate yourself before saying such silly things.

What expenses make up their living wage calculation? How did they get their numbers? What is their methodology?

Yep, glad the methodology and definitions have been fleshed out now.

A living wage is such an arbitrary phrase.Basic needs including all the civic expenditures is a joke.

We could just continue the Democrats plan and allow mass illegal immigration to occur to work those jobs.

https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/min.../2020/home.htm

A source to back this up

"In 2020, 73.3 million workers age 16 and older in the United States were paid at hourly rates, representing 55.5 percent of all wage and salary workers."

"The percentage of hourly paid workers earning the prevailing federal minimum wage or less declined from 1.9 percent in 2019 to 1.5 percent in 2020. This remains well below the percentage of 13.4 recorded in 1979, when data were first collected on a regular basis."

So 1.5% (The percentage of hourly paid workers earning the min wage or less) of 55.5% (The percentage of workers who are hourly) is 0.8% roughly

Garb calculator, 1 Adult 1 Child is more than 2 Adults (1 working) 1 Child.

Ahh I see, we're going from "what is required to live" to "What is the safest and convenient"

Except it's perfectly reasonable to live on $7.25 an hour, no need for $12

Also feel free to not limit yourself to only 40 hours a week

You could easily fit 2-3 people in a 500-600 square foot efficiency

Or go with just renting a room in a house

One person does not need 500+ square feet to themselves

Wow.

Can't say if it is accurate or not, but that sort of thing seems like it could be good to know if you are looking to move to a more expensive area.