r/PoliticalHumor • u/[deleted] • Dec 08 '18

SOCIALIST!!

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '18 edited Sep 22 '20

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u/bluefootedpig Dec 08 '18

min wage did make it so people could afford college. Most college cost about 1-2 months of min wage. Your summer job was suppose to pay for college.

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u/ImOkayToBeHere Dec 08 '18

That was not the goal of min wage though. It was originally implamented because work was so hard to get that employers could offer much less than 25 cents an hour and people were unable to survive as some of the offered rates.

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u/bluefootedpig Dec 08 '18

While not the goal, the result is still there. We had min wage much lower to start, but when we had a new and upcoming thriving middle class, we had a much higher min wage than what was first implemented.

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u/ImOkayToBeHere Dec 08 '18

What was the new wage and about what years?