We have had $15.00 an hour in Ca. most employers are starting staff at $18.00 $18.00 an hour in Ca. does not help anyone except the government get more in payroll taxes!! The cost of living is SO HIGH here $18.00 an hour doesn’t put a dent in it!! MOST rental houses now have several immigrant families in one single family home!! A studio apt. in Ca. One room with a kitchenette and bathroom is $3000.00 a month!! I get real estate postings from NY out of curiosity OMG a one bedroom one bath co-op in Brooklyn is $500,000 PLUS a co-op fee every month who in the hell wants to live like that?? Ca. cost of living is HORRIBLE but OMG NY is atrocious, these co-op’s all have bars on the windows in each unit kitchens have NO SPACE what so ever WHY would people want to live this way???
I live in Southern California so I am well aware of costs.
Inflation distorts everything and destroys the middle class and working people. It also destroys retired people who watch their savings go up in inflationary smoke.
15/hr = 30,000/yr, a single person would have to rent a room or share an apartment to live.
25/hr = 50,000/yr will get you a small apartment + a late model small car.
37.50/hr = 75,000 a family can live in a small apartment with a late model car.
People on this site complaining about working people wanting a decent wage are crazy and out of touch. You think 15/hr is too much then you go live on it for a year and get back to us.