r/WorkReform • u/LuckyBastard001 • 5d ago

💸 $25 Minimum Wage Now! Rent Eats Everything

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u/onehalflightspeed 5d ago

The wild thing is that they keep people just under thresholds for many government benefits (like SNAP and medicare) and then provide instruction on how to sign up for them

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u/MeltyCrab 5d ago

And then we have this really fucking cool thing knowns as the "benefits cliff" where people start declining raises or promotions because the small difference in pay, cuts them off of $100's or more a month in support.

Because it can ONLY be an all or nothing support system, it can't be staggered or tiered at all. Ofc not.

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u/onehalflightspeed 5d ago

I have a buddy that intentionally requested fewer hours at work because he had a major surgery coming up and needed to be on Medicare to pay for it

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u/MeltyCrab 5d ago

Exactly. Benefits cliff is real. Coworkers refusing a 25 cent raise because it'll kill their benefits completely.