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 @9GV8M47 from Louisiana  disagreed…2yrs2Y

The government SHOULD raise the federal minimum wage. As costs of living rise, and minimum wage is not adjusted for inflation, it gets harder and harder for people to support themselves and their family's basic needs.

 @9GLGYMX from Louisiana  disagreed…2yrs2Y

The government SHOULD raise the federal minimum wage. As costs of living rise, and minimum wage is not adjusted for inflation, it gets harder and harder for people to support themselves and their family's basic needs.

 @9GLHKNBConstitution from North Carolina  agreed…2yrs2Y

Everyone deserves the right to have a living wage and be able to support themselves. People shouldn't have to have multiple jobs and get paid less than a livable amount of money while corporations have increasing profits.

 @9GLJ924 from Florida  agreed…2yrs2Y

I agree, the minimum wage should raised. Almost everything in America involving money has gone up exponentially with the exception of the minimum wage. In the 60’s, in today’s money, a house costs 104,000$ while the average house price today is 200,000$ and over.

 @9GLHF63 from Arkansas  agreed…2yrs2Y

I agree. The cost of living has risen but wage has not. it is a struggle just to get by even if you make what is considered "high pay". It's not a high pay if you have to choose between getting gas for your car and eating.

 @9H28XQY from Louisiana  disagreed…2yrs2Y

I think the minimum wage needs to be raised because people working full-time hours are barely making enough for food alone.

 @9G8NR2L  from Louisiana  agreed…2yrs2Y

The cost of milk in Maine is $4.28/gallon, but the cost of milk in Texas is only $2.62/gallon. This is only one example of a difference in the cost of living from state to state. The largest example is the cost of housing which greatly varies from state to state.

 @9GRFQHM from Louisiana  disagreed…2yrs2Y

If we do not have a position on minimum wage inflation will only increase with current wages staying the same and the public will only get poorer and the economy will only worsen.

 @9FVG699Democrat from Louisiana  disagreed…2yrs2Y

my best counter argument is that states have different needs and among other things it would help albiet not much

  @VulcanMan6  from Kansas  disagreed…2yrs2Y

“among other things it would help albiet not much”

Depending on what it is raised to, it would help quite a lot...

 @B2ZVG5J from Louisiana  disagreed…5mos5MO

Minimum wage jobs are about learning and starting out in he working world, however, I do believe that depending on the job wages should change.

 @B23SJSH from Louisiana  disagreed…7mos7MO

yes the government should raise the federal minimum wage because everyone deserves a wage they can live on instead of living paycheck to paycheck.

 @9LL4HLV from Louisiana  disagreed…1yr1Y

The people of the USA are working so hard for meager pay, this can lead to a massive strike. Other countries already have more rights for workers, like allowing unlimited sick leave, higher pay, more protections from unlawful layoffs and workplace retaliation, and provide better working conditions.

 @B536SWG from Louisiana  disagreed…2mos2MO

The current minimum wage is skewed against employees who add value to the employer. Fixing basic living expenses by publicly funding education and Healthcare mitigates some individual expenses making a lower minimum wage palatable; however, an extremely low minimum wage fails to encourage employee permanence.

 @B3T4ND9 from Louisiana  disagreed…4mos4MO

If you raise the minimum wage, then maybe people will actually be able to afford to live. Inflation has risen over 200 PERCENT and people CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE

 @9LFTMGC from Louisiana  disagreed…1yr1Y

Minimum wage should be increased due to the high amounts of single parents and students that need money.

 @B27TYQ4  from Louisiana  disagreed…6mos6MO

As costs of living and the price of goods and services increase day by day, if wages stagnate, people are less likely to be able to afford to live. By increasing the federal minimum wage, more people would have more money in their pockets, meaning they would be better able to keep up with inflation.

 @9LSNC5N from Louisiana  disagreed…1yr1Y

Everything is getting more expensive and the minimum wage is not changing, so people will rarely be able to buy a lot of things that they need.

 @9GVHVYP  from Louisiana  disagreed…2yrs2Y

Its important for the minimum wage to be raised because prices keep rising, rent continues to rise and everything is becoming more expensive. Its only right that people are paid more to keep up.

 @9G6GDDN from Louisiana  disagreed…2yrs2Y

You can't really argue with this, they are taking a neutral stance and obviously do not care about the topic

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…8mos8MO

Horror in Northern Gaza: U.S. Questions Israel After Civilians Slaughtered in Residential Attack

An Israeli strike on a residential building in northern Gaza killed dozens of people early Tuesday, the territory’s emergency service said, in the latest attack to cause mass casualties in the area since Israel renewed its offensive against Hamas in the north.The Palestinian Civil Defense, the emergency service, said at least 55 people were killed in the strike in the town of Beit Lahia. Gaza’s health ministry said at least 93 people were dead, including 25 children. The Israeli military said in a statement that it was “aware of reports that civilians were harmed” in the town and was looking into the details.Matt Miller, a U.S. State Department spokesman, called the strike “a horrifying incident with a horrifying result” and said the Biden administration had contacted the Israeli government to ask what happened.Israeli forces renewed their offensive in northern Gaza this month, saying they were trying to stem a regrouping of Hamas, the militant group that attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, sparking the war in Gaza.The strike comes days after another Israeli attack on a residential block in Beit Lahia that left dozens of people killed or wounded, according to the Palestinian Civil Defense. The Israeli military confirmed the strike on Sunday, saying that the air force had “conducted a precise strike” targeting Hamas fighters.An overnight Israeli airstrike hit another residential building in the town on Oct. 20, killing dozens of people, Palestinian officials and emergency workers said.Roughly 400,000 people remain in northern Gaza, according to the United Nations, and many have been trapped in their ruined neighborhoods.

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…8mos8MO

Death, Denial, and Silence: Inside China’s Push to Bury Zhuhai’s Devastating SUV Attack

Outside the sports center in the southern city of Zhuhai where a 62-year-old man had plowed an S.U.V. into a crowd, killing at least 35 people, workers on Wednesday quickly removed bouquets of flowers left by grieving residents. Uniformed police officers and officials in plainclothes shooed away bystanders and warned them not to take photos. At hospitals where patients were taken after the attack — at least 43 more people were injured — local officials sat outside the intensive care units, blocking journalists from speaking with family members.On the Chinese internet, censors were mobilized to delete videos, news articles and commentaries about the attack. Almost 24 hours had passed before officials divulged details about the assault, which happened on Monday, including the death toll. Their statement offered limited details, and they have held no news conferences.The response was a precise enactment of the Chinese government’s usual playbook after mass tragedies: Prevent any nonofficial voices, including eyewitnesses and survivors, from speaking about the event. Spread assurances of stability. Minimize public displays of grief.The goal is to stifle potential questions and criticism of the authorities, and force the public to move on as quickly as possible. And to a large degree, it appeared to be working.Though many residents of Zhuhai, the city of 2.4 million where the attack happened, were clearly shaken, they said on Wednesday they had not questioned the delay in information, attributing it to the government’s need to first sort out what had happened. A steady stream of people arrived by foot or taxi to lay flowers at the sports center’s entrance, but when officials took away the flowers and told the people not to linger, they quickly complied.Local governments have also vowed in recent months to spend more time screening for people who have experienced “failures,” after a spate of violent attacks, including several cases in which schoolchildren were stabbed.But officials were also clearly on the lookout for any deeper scrutiny of the Zhuhai killings. Videos and photos of the scene of the attack showed only as grayed-out squares on Weibo, a social media platform. Blog posts urging people not to treat violent attacks as isolated incidents, but rather to look deeper for potential social causes, disappeared.

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