There's been a lot of subpar reports about the min wage lately & back and forth over white papers. This beautiful dispatch from Savannah by @Ariel_R_Felton instead brings us deep into the ecology & tension of kind places that force a cruel hustle to get by
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An adult must make at least $12.90/hr to meet the basic cost of living in Savannah...but Georgia merely complies with fed minimums. “Most of my friends in the industry, whether they be managers or servers and bartenders, are working two jobs,” Plowden said
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"How hospitable is it to the hourly workers searching for a 2nd job to make ends meet or the retail worker sharing a car with 4 roommates? What about the essential worker making $10/hr who earns too much to qualify for.. housing & food aid" w/ no savings"
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"The Senate parliamentarian ruled on Wednesday that the proposed change violated budgetary rules...low wages keep overhead costs low for corporations and entrepreneurs. Yet about 1 in 4 Savannahians live in poverty..."
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