Francesca Hong, the front-runner in Tuesday’s Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor, has made squeezing high earners a central theme of her campaign. Like most socialists, she is in denial about the costs and consequences of her proposals.
To fund “free” child care, state-run grocery stores and more health care subsidies — among other social spending — the 37-year-old state legislator plans to raise state income taxes
a full percentage point
on couples making at least $431,000 and individuals making more than $323,000. She would levy another 1 percent on “millionaires and large corporations,” bringing their top state tax rate to almost 9 percent.
So do these job openings staying open or are they filled and the people who don’t get a job like that leave the state. Kinda relevant, not answered.
Also $50k/yr in light of the great cheeto-pedo war and its inflation is like minimum wage, right?
I have no idea what local wages in different US states are supposed to be. By my standards seems decent but not exciting. For straight out of uni exciting.
Most white collar jobs start between $22-$25 which is ~$45k-$50k/yr.
A decent one is anything over $35/hr or ~$72k/year. I’m in a small town and make $41/hr, and it’s still mostly unaffordable. ~30% of that goes to taxes and healthcare immediately. Another 30% goes immediately to rent and another 30% to feeding the family. So I get to maybe hold onto $8-10k/year if I don’t go out, or have emergency expenses lol.
https://www.nelp.org/insights-research/raises-from-coast-to-coast-in-2026/
For sure - i definitely skew higher on what i think wages should be compared to cost of living. I made $16/hr as a fresh engineering grad a decade ago - but that’s on me for going in to environmental conservation rather than destruction. Idk either it just feels stagnant - and not a big draw for folks to move to cowtown, usa.