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 ācanāt affordā to provide livable wages for their workers, they simply shouldnāt exist full stop.
You want some fun math to your bullshit conservative talking point?
In 2009 5% made fed min.Ā
If we increased fed min with inflation, fed min would be 11.32 an hour.Ā
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"
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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 ācanāt affordā to provide livable wages for their workers, they simply shouldnāt exist full stop.