Also, since you mention people living in poverty working at Target.
Where I am, in Palm Beach County, Florida. Using MIT’s Living Wage Calculator:
——Single adult:
Poverty Wage is $6/hour
Minimum Wage is $8.46/hour
Living Wage is $13.18/hour
——Single adult with 1 kid:
Poverty Wage is $8.13/hour
Minimum Wage is $846/hour
Living Wage is $27.17/hour
——2 adults (both working, 2 kids)
Poverty Wage is $6.19hour
Minimum Wage is $8.46/hour
Living Wage is $14.84/hour
——So minimum wage isn’t living in poverty for any of these groups of people.
livingwage.mit.edu
Indeed lists the average salary in the same area for Target employees at:
$10.17-11.55 per hour for cashiers and customer service associates, etc.
Average Target hourly pay ranges from approximately $9.00 per hour for Cashier/Stocker to $19.90 per hour for Asset Protection Associate. The average Target salary ranges from approximately $15,000 per year for Sales Representative to $71,111 per year for Food and Beverage Manager.
www.indeed.com
So do you think that minimum wage should meet a “living wage” for a single parent? Because $27.17/hour is ~$55k/year. That’s a BONKERS minimum wage, and would mean that McDonalds workers would make the same as engineers, teachers, etc. Yeah, that makes sense...