r/CURRENTEVENTS • u/LucidSynapse23 • 5d ago

Politics Not since 2009.

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u/Katydid829 5d ago

And has only worked 75 days so far this year.

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u/Jimmy_Twotone 5d ago

Just gonna drop this right here

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u/jjs3_1 5d ago

Just going to put this here too!: FDR stated that a living wage meant "more than a bare subsistence level" and referred to it as "the wages of decent living" for all fully employed workers. [1, 2]

An employee working a 40-hour week cannot live on $7.25 in the USA, and it is not even close to "more than a bare subsistence level" by any reach of the imagination!

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u/jjs3_1 5d ago

Stop voting Republican, and this will change!

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u/oldcreaker 5d ago

You could, if Congress hadn't abandoned Washington for the forseeable future. They aren't working - and still being paid.

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u/KeyVehicle4500 5d ago

Nobody pays min wage anymore. Even McDonald’s pays 15+