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CMV: A nationwide 15 dollar minimum wage isn't the best idea

The minimum wage definitely needs to go up, but 15 dollars nationwide seems like an oversimplistic idea. It's already 15 dollars in most major cities, and enacting it gives no guarantees it's going to go up in the future. Also, 15 dollars isn't the same in rural Idaho as it is in San Francisco.

I feel like it should scale with price of living in an area instead of just being a flat rate nationwide, which guarantees that it'll go up as necessary over time. It'll also solve the issue of money being worth different things in different places.
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If we kept consistent with inflation and production, the minimum wage would currently be around $21/hour regardless of where you live. $15 is a really moderate amount. The average minimum wage across the country is $9, or about $19,200 per year. The average rent across the country is about $1,450 per month or about $17,600 per year. Average rent is 91.6% of the average minimum wage. Our country’s economic model is based on a time when you could pay college tuition with money from a summer job, then support a family including a house and car on a single income. And it’s not that the money just isn’t there. The gap between what average workers make and the top people at companies make has spread ridiculously far, and most companies could easily pay at least in the $20 range as a minimum and do just fine. The problem is that shareholders expect financial growth year over year, and pay at the top tiers (including options and benefits and bonuses) keeps growing. The rich keep getting richer, and we’re down here arguing about whether people deserve $15 a god damn hour.