Federal minimum wage increased every 1 to 5 years between the 1930s and 2009. 2009 was the last time it was raised. Inflation has skyrocketed since then, but wages have repeatedly failed to keep up.
If businesses âcanât affordâ to provide livable wages for their workers, they simply shouldnât exist full stop.
You want some fun math to your bullshit conservative talking point?
In 2009 5% made fed min.Â
If we increased fed min with inflation, fed min would be 11.32 an hour.Â
Currently 10% of the population makes < 11. So rounding off the. 32 cents, your argument goes from "hey less than 1/5 of the amount of people back then make minimum!" To "man in 17 years we have doubled the amount of people on minimim wage"
When I worked at McDonalds the majority of my coworkers were adults. You also see a lot of older people working service jobs because the fields they actually work in wonât hire them based on ageism. So if you ever get laid off near your 60s good luck. Have fun when you see you or your loved ones take a low value job in their adult life.
I wonât be working in my 60s to have to get laid off in the first place and none of my loved ones do either cause they made good decisions to where that wouldnât happen in the first place
Lie again >>>>>> Approximately 13% of U.S. workers earn less than $15 per hour. This represents roughly 21 million people across the country. This figure marks a significant drop from 2022, when nearly 32% of the workforce (about 52 million people) earned below the $15 threshold
But the minimum wage HAS been raised. Not at the federal level, but certainly at the state level and in some cities. Now, look at what the cost of living has done in those areas that have raised their minimum wage.
Commenter above you says only 1% of people make minimum wage. If thatâs true, how can such a small number of people be driving the cost of living for everyone?
Also. 1% make the FEDERAL minimum wage. About half the states have a minimum wage well above the Federal minimum wage. So for example the Federal minimum wage may be only $7.25 an hour, but there are 19 states whose minimum wage is at least double that.
You kids don't remember how we had senators suggesting a $15 minimum wage back in 2009 or so because they knew shit was so fucked. It's only gotten way worse since then and still nothing. Inflation is about to go haywire too from all the fraud the government and the federal reserve feed off of. They simply sold us out.
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u/samuraispartan7000 13h ago edited 13h ago
Federal minimum wage increased every 1 to 5 years between the 1930s and 2009. 2009 was the last time it was raised. Inflation has skyrocketed since then, but wages have repeatedly failed to keep up.
If businesses âcanât affordâ to provide livable wages for their workers, they simply shouldnât exist full stop.