# Why not raise the minimum wage with local ordinances?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [May 5, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-raise-the-minimum-wage-with-local-ordinances/941477 "2021-05-05T19:32:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-raise-the-minimum-wage-with-local-ordinances/941477/55 "2021-05-07T19:48:55Z")

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> [@DMC](#):
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> even the cheapest and poorest places in America require more $13 an hour for a single with no kids to make a living wage

I would think the number is significantly less. Just off the top of my head,

$4.00/hr goes to rent. ($693.20/mo or ~$22.79/day)  
$3.75/hr goes to food. (~$650/mo or ~$21.36/day)  
$0.87/mo goes to utilities. (~$150/mo)  
$0.06/hr goes to health insurance. (~$10/mo)

gets me $8.68 to cover the big expenses. $10 is certainly a living wage where I live, coincidentally it will be the minimum wage later this year.

~Max

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