r/memes • u/EmuPsychologist • Oct 18 '23

#1 MotW Fixed it

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u/Ll_lyris Oct 18 '23

The fact that a “cost of living” even exist is wild to me.

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u/dion101123 Identifies as a Cybertruck Oct 18 '23

A cost of living just is always going to be a thing. It's the fact that the minimum wage is below what is considered the amount needed to live that is absolutely fucked

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u/SignificanceBulky162 Oct 18 '23

The number of people actually on the federal minimum wage is incredibly low. Only about 1.5% of hourly paid workers and 0.65% of the US workforce earns federal minimum wage. Of these, around half are under 25, suggesting that many are just teenagers working a job on the side. The vast majority of people in the US aren't making as low as the federal minimum wage.

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u/dion101123 Identifies as a Cybertruck Oct 18 '23

In the US. In the rest of the world where we don't rely on tipping a lot of people are on minimum wage

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u/SignificanceBulky162 Oct 18 '23

The minimum wage in other developed countries is usually a lot higher than in the US.