TIL Minimum wage has only increased by $7.00 in 85 years in the USA.
TIL Minimum wage has only increased by $7.00 in 85 years in the USA.
Upon inception it was set at $0.25. It is now $7.25.
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$7 or 800%
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The best (fairest) way to express it would be in terms of average percent per year for x years. If that matches inflation, then everything is just status quo in some sense.
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Hm. That wouldn't correct any established injustice.
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Good point.
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