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Originally Posted by Sliver
Anybody working full time (40 hours per week) should be paid a living wage by their employer. Anybody disagree with that?
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Haven't read the thread yet, but I'd do you 1 better, and say the conversation shouldn't be some much structured around a living wage, but around where people should land on the hierarchy of needs to be a mobile and functioning member of a society.
For example in Alberta to have a chance a both maintaining gainful employment, and improving your productivity over time time, you need access to;
Food
Shelter
Transportation
Communication
Education
Rest and Relaxation
The ability to repopulate at minimum at a 1:1 ratio
Child Care...
Start to put a price on all of those things monthly
Groceries for 2 ~$600 - $800
Housing for 2 ~$1200
Bus Passes $200
Phone & Internet $150
Continuing Education $200
Child Care $1000
Some form of Entertainment $?
You are looking at ~$3600 after tax, ~ $4500 pretax, which is getting into the $28 - $30 / hour range there. Anything less, and you are basically playing from behind on even seeing any advancement in life, unless you have a partner, no kids, help from mom and dad....