jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 9 months agoIt has now been 15 years since the federal minimum wage rose to $7.25www.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square156linkfedilinkarrow-up1745arrow-down18
arrow-up1737arrow-down1external-linkIt has now been 15 years since the federal minimum wage rose to $7.25www.npr.orgjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square156linkfedilink
minus-squaredefunct_punk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up77·9 months ago“Rose.” $7.25 was unlivable 15 years ago.
minus-squareBallsandBayonetslinkfedilinkarrow-up19·9 months agoAnd by the time we get a $15/hr minimum wage, a living wage in any state worth living in will be $75/hr.
minus-squareAsafum@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·9 months agoWhich is exactly why I hated the “fight for fifteen” slogan… Great you got your $15 in some states 15 years later and now that’s worthless.
“Rose.”
$7.25 was unlivable 15 years ago.
And by the time we get a $15/hr minimum wage, a living wage in any state worth living in will be $75/hr.
Which is exactly why I hated the “fight for fifteen” slogan… Great you got your $15 in some states 15 years later and now that’s worthless.