Talk:Living wage

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Yeah, this really reads like an encyclopedia entry. Trey Stone 05:38, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Contradiction

Doesn't there seem to be a problem here?

"San Francisco, California, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Madison, Wisconsin have notably passed very wide-reaching living wage ordinances."

"Living wage laws typically only cover businesses that receive this type of assistance or have contracts with the government. epi.org"

Salvor Hardin 13:02, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

There's no contradiction - most ordinances are contractor and business assistance only. A few are area-wide. Thus the "typically" in the epi quote.

Ok, but that seems like a pretty lame response to the criticism when it offers counterexamples earlier in the article.

Salvor Hardin 02:09, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Chart Removal?

Should the charts be removed? They deal with Minimum Wage, not Living Wage - which is quite different. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.95.53.167 (talk) 17:21, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Living wage and minimum wage are, economically, identical. Non-economists tend to use the term "living wage" when they mean a minimum wage that attains a basic standard of living. Wikiant (talk) 21:29, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Professor Kim Swales's work

Someone has removed the material I put in on this. Why? It seems apposite, and unless there is a sound reason, if I reinstate it and it gets removed again, that sounds like vandalism. P.M.Lawrence203.194.54.27 (talk) 09:05, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

If you look at the edit summary, you'll see that I removed the passage and asked that you submit a (reputable) journal reference. The passage looks like ego-spam. Wikiant (talk) 12:47, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

It would have been more constructive to raise the matter here, rather than going by your impressions. See Talk:Minimum wage for a fuller reply. P.M.Lawrence 203.221.28.105 (talk) 07:48, 4 May 2008 (UTC)