we can and absolutely should raise the minimum wage everywhere, so people can at least afford housing wherever they live! I'm all for UBI as well. Affordability is definitely about what comes in as well as what is spent. Thanks for the reminder!
This is a necessary reframing. We often treat affordability as a cost problem, when it’s fundamentally about the gap between prices and what people earn. Focusing only on lowering costs misses the deeper issue: decades of wage stagnation and weakened worker power. What this piece highlights well is that wages aren’t a side conversation—they’re central. If work paid more of what it should, the affordability crisis would look very different. The real challenge isn’t just making things cheaper, but building an economy where work actually sustains a dignified life.
So glad to see this message taking shape. Wage suppression by corporations is as nefarious and harmful as voter suppression by anti-democracy forces. Hope Workshop will deploy Corbin Trent's system for showing how many years of income it takes a worker to pay for a life necessity in 2026 in comparison to the old American Dream years. His method truly clarifies the case. https://afightworthhaving.com/#:~:text=Since%201960%2C%20wages,by%20on%20two.
we can and absolutely should raise the minimum wage everywhere, so people can at least afford housing wherever they live! I'm all for UBI as well. Affordability is definitely about what comes in as well as what is spent. Thanks for the reminder!
This is a necessary reframing. We often treat affordability as a cost problem, when it’s fundamentally about the gap between prices and what people earn. Focusing only on lowering costs misses the deeper issue: decades of wage stagnation and weakened worker power. What this piece highlights well is that wages aren’t a side conversation—they’re central. If work paid more of what it should, the affordability crisis would look very different. The real challenge isn’t just making things cheaper, but building an economy where work actually sustains a dignified life.
So glad to see this message taking shape. Wage suppression by corporations is as nefarious and harmful as voter suppression by anti-democracy forces. Hope Workshop will deploy Corbin Trent's system for showing how many years of income it takes a worker to pay for a life necessity in 2026 in comparison to the old American Dream years. His method truly clarifies the case. https://afightworthhaving.com/#:~:text=Since%201960%2C%20wages,by%20on%20two.
Will check it out - thank you!
"Affordability isn't about what things cost. It's about what work pays." --Hear, hear!!!