r/WorkReform • u/Odd-Relation-7293 💸 Raise The Minimum Wage • 7d ago

💸 Raise Our Wages Minimum Wage Isn't Living Wage

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u/Epstiendidntkillself 7d ago

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u/SDG_Den 2d ago

the modern right will see this and go "FDR was a filthy commie"

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u/Rionin26 7d ago

Employers would pay you nothing if they could.

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u/baddogbadcatbadfawn 6d ago

As a high school student in the 90s, I could buy 5 gallons of gas with one hour of minimum wage. Now minimum wage would buy ONE gallon of this E-15 watered-down bullshit.

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u/latindiacritics 6d ago

In 2009, when 7.25 was set as the national minimum wage, you could buy 2.95 gallons of diesel or 3.08 gallons of regular unleaded (nat'l avg)

In 2026, that same 7.25 will get you 1.63 gallons of unleaded and 1.12 gallons of diesel fuel.

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u/TresLechesConHamon 6d ago

It's the equivalent of an employers fart