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[Minimum Wage](/topic/minimum-wage)

### Sentiment: XX%
![Sentiment Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:minimum-wage/c:line/m:sentiment.svg)  
[Sentiment 24-Hour Chart Data](/topic/minimum-wage/time-series/sentiment.tsv)  
**Current Value**: XX%  
**Daily Average**: XX%  
**1 Month**: XX% -X%  
**6 Months**: XX% -XX%  
**1-Year High**: XXX% on 2024-12-04  
**1-Year Low**: XX% on 2024-12-07  

**Most Supportive Themes**
- **Support for Minimum Wage Increase:** (20%) Advocacy for raising the minimum wage to address economic inequality and improve living standards.
- **Minimum Wage and Economic Justice:** (15%) Arguments that minimum wage should be set higher and linked with other economic strategies such as rent control.
- **Economic Justice and Social Reform:** (10%) Support for policies focused on economic justice, including discussions around minimum wage, rent freezes, and affordable living.
  
**Most Critical Themes**
- **Negative Economic Impacts of Minimum Wage Hikes:** (40%)  Concerns about the negative economic impacts of minimum wage hikes on job availability, affordability, and business viability.
- **Critique of Progressive Policies:** (35%)  Criticism of political figures and policies advocating for higher minimum wages, rent control, and other progressive initiatives.
- **Minimum Wage as a Starting Point:** (10%)  Discussions on the role of minimum wage as an entry-level salary and the necessity of skills and education for career advancement.
  
Network engagement breakdown:  
| Network | Positive  | %   | Neutral   | %   | Negative | %   |
| ------- | --------  | -   | -------   | -   | -------- | -   |
| Reddit  | XXXXX     | X%  | XXXXX     | X%  | XXXXX    | X%  |
| X       | XXXXXXX   | X%  | XXXXXXXXX | XX% | XXXXXXX  | X%  |
| TikTok  | XXXXXXX   | X%  | XXXXXXX   | X%  | XXXXXXX  | X%  |
| YouTube | XXXXXXX   | X%  | XXXXXXX   | X%  | XXXXXX   | X%  |
| News    | XXX       | X%  | XXXXX     | X%  | XXX      | X%  |
|         |           |     |           |     |          |     |
| Total   | XXXXXXXXX | XX% | XXXXXXXXX | XX% | XXXXXXX  | XX% |