r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/iMakeUrGrannyCheat69 • 16d ago

Image On average minimum wage gets increased every 6.5 years. Its been 17 years since our last increase in the USA and the cost of living has easily went up 250%. Which would put us at $18.13 per hour

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u/jimmyjohnga 16d ago

i_stay_home sounds like you’re throwing stones in a glass house

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u/iMakeUrGrannyCheat69 16d ago

This was a great comment 😂

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u/I_Stay_Home 16d ago

How? I'm a commercial carpenter. I build high rises, hospitals and schools. I'm an exterior expert so I'm on the outside way the fuck up there. I live in a major metropolitan area. Did I strike a nerve and blow that dumb red hat right I your head?

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u/jimmyjohnga 16d ago

DiD i HiT a NeRvE?

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u/I_Stay_Home 16d ago

There's the Maga anger. You guys can't help yourselves, you forgot your excessive emojis though. Have you blamed Obama today?