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“Melton said that legislators should at least repeal the 2011 law prohibiting Indiana’s counties and cities from setting a local minimum wage that’s higher than the federal rate.”
No kidding. Indiana’s legislature is top tier in passing laws that take rights away from its municipalities – especially Indy and its suburbs. It’s always vindictive BS too.
Indiana Republicans really do not care about people.
Yet people continue to elect them.
“What I don’t want people to be caught up in is tethered to some appeal to a minimum expectation of anything in their life,” Holcomb said
There it is. Clear as day. Republican leaders in this state don’t want workers to have any expectations for their quality of life. They should be thankful that a below-subsistence job is even available to them. “A State that Works” B.S.
We have been talking about a $15 minimum wage for years now. Adjusted for inflation, the target should be about $17 now, thus illustrating the whole problem with the current minimum wage laws that do not adjust for inflation.
Actually the CPI increases since 2009, the last time the federal minimum wage was increased, would translate to an $8.75 minimum wage today using an online inflation calculator.
I’d imagine Holcomb’s statement sounds pretty tone deaf to a lot of people working in jobs at or near minimum wage. I can understand wanting to promote job training programs and the like to help people advance to better careers, especially where there are current openings, but we shouldn’t look down on people in low wage jobs and just tell them to go find something better. It kinda belies the fact that we need someone for every job.
$ 15 minimum wage will eliminate the need to tip service workers.
$15 may be excessive for Indiana and several other states, but it definitely needs to increase. The US is weird in that it has so many states, all of which have different economic conditions. I wish the federal government would force their hand withhold some type of funding for states that don’t pass minimum wage legislation that links minimum wage to inflation, cost of living, and average wages. Many developed countries link minimum wage to the aforementioned variables and it works fine. It is the way to do it. Much better than if the feds raised the federal minimum wage to $15, which would be a one-time increase and would be excessive for many states.
Before the federal government coerces states to link their minimum wages to the CPI, it should link the federal minimum wage to it (the last time the federal minimum wage was increased was July 24, 2009). If such a link had been enacted then, it would translate to an $8.75 federal minimum wage today (per an online inflation calculator).