• AA5B@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Good example: higher cost of living state, where minimum wage is currently $12.

      If the federal minimum is raised to $10.62 to at least restore purchasing power, Virginia is still a higher cost of living state with a higher minimum wage.

      Of course it looks like you also have a Republican Governor who canceled some already scheduled increases in minimum wage, so maybe the naysayers are right

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        3 months ago

        I didn’t vote for him.

        The other dude (Terry McAuliffe) committed campaign suicide by saying that parents shouldn’t be “telling schools what they should teach”. I agree with him, and I agreed with his further explanations, but I was so mad when he said that during the debate. I knew it was over and I knew he’d lose and therefore I’d lose in my own personal life because of it.

        I really do believe that was the moment he lost the election. He was a great governor though and it’s unfortunate he didn’t win.