@profwolff

Half of all renters in the US make major, long-lasting sacrifices to afford housing. A basic failing of US capitalism. Many millions suffer so a small minority - landlords - profit. The system is the problem.

Source: https://twitter.com/profwolff/status/1776718498519003278

  • Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    My solution,

    • determine the median quarterly rent within a state
    • Minimum wage is the lowest value rounded to the next highest $100 where that median rent amounts to no more than 35% of it.
    • people are hired for the week and paid at the end of it, a nominal rate of pay for up to 32 hours of work, 2.5* that is added on for between 32 and 48 hours of work, and between 48 and 64 hours of work earns you an additional sum of 2.5* the overtime rate, meaning overtime is more expensive than staffing appropriately, exponentially so if you’re really pushing it
    • holiday hours count towards the weekly total but working a holiday nets a whole extra week of pay for the worker who came in on that holiday, yes even if they themselves don’t observe it personally.
    • St. Monday is back from the dead! Mondays are now the third weekend day.