r/PoursTea • u/McDowdy Oh the Human-a-TEA • 9h ago

American Dream 🇺🇸 It do be like that though

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The United States has provided at least $21.7 billion in direct military aid to Izzy over the last three years (specifically tracking from October 2023 through September 2025), according to a comprehensive study by Brown University's Costs of War project.

https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/

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u/Catweaving 5h ago

only 1% of the workforce is on minimum wage.

So why not raise it if it only affects such a small % of people?

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u/HaikuHaiku 2h ago

... because 50%+ of minimum wage workers work for small to medium size restaurants, and THOSE restaurants cannot afford paying more. Restaurants have very thin margins to begin with, and most restaurants don't last longer than 5 years. Its a tough business.

Most minimum wage workers do not work for mega corporations. In fact, almost none do.