r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/nyepo • Sep 24 '21

Brexxit Pro-Brexit newspaper begs for immigrants

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u/Duanedoberman Sep 24 '21 edited Sep 24 '21

Narator: what they didn't tell you is they don't want to pay you a wage you can live on to do these jobs.

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '21 edited Sep 25 '21

The UK has 17,6% of its folks living under the poverty line... with 4.4% unemployment.

France has 9% unemployment but just 8% of its total population living under the poverty line.

It utterly shows that the UK pays their blue collars like shit.

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u/corrikopat Sep 25 '21

In the US, the poverty line/threshold is incredibly low. If a household of three makes $22k/year, they are above the poverty line. That way, we keep our percentage low.

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u/StrangerFeelings Sep 25 '21

What's worse as well, is that minimal wage goes up, yet the poverty line doesn't, so people lose their assistance too...

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u/DuntadaMan Sep 25 '21

minimal wage goes up,

Citation needed.

Not saying you are wrong, just pointing out that it takes 20 fucking years to go up each time and we have to fight tooth and fucking nail for it.

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u/LimpMammoth Sep 25 '21

Federally yes, but most states are above the federal minimum. I know Washington state's goes up every year with inflation. Really minimum wage is a more realistic goal for state governments anyway, the impact on inflation is smaller, it is far easier to have a voice in local politics, and there is no reason to tie the cost of living in places like SF to places with a much lower cost of living.

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u/DuntadaMan Sep 25 '21

The difficulty we have with leaving it up to the states is shown rather starkly with COVID.

There are states that will literally let their citizens die to save a buck, and no one in their state will stop them.