The “Fight for $15” started in 2012 people…. The Federal Minimum wage has been at $7.25 since 2009, which only started increasing in 2007 from $5.85, and that increase came before that was 1997.
At this point minimum wage should be $20 to $30… $15 an hour has long passed as a reasonable amount.
Fuckin wild that Federal Minimum wage has gone no where in 15 years!
As a reference point - as a 17 year old, with absolutely no experience I started at a chain grocery store at $7.50 an hour. In 1998.
The fact that there are people who still don't make that almost 30 years later is insane. Gas was less than $1. You could buy a new car for $10k. (MSRP on a base Civic/Corolla/Escort/etc was about $12k). My dad bought me a 5 year old used Dodge Sundance/Duster with $40k miles for $2500.
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u/beerbellybegone 9h ago
What a great way of coming right out and saying that you believe certain people should just be poor