▲ 1251 ▼ TIL Minimum wage has only increased by $7.00 in 85 years in the USA. (reddthat.com) submitted 2 years ago by MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com to c/til@lemmy.world 222 comments fedilink hide all child comments Upon inception it was set at $0.25. It is now $7.25.
[–] Pottsunami@lemmy.world 67 points 2 years ago (5 children) There are lies, damn lies, and then there's statistics. Im not here to say the minimum wage doesnt need to be raised, because it does, but another way of putting that is "The minimim wage has increased 1500% in 85 years." That sounds a lot better even though its the same thing. permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] WHYAREWEALLCAPS@lemmy.world 82 points 2 years ago (2 children) Meanwhile the cost of living has increased 2077% in 85 years. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Loid@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago CYBERPUNK REFERENCE??!??! permalink fedilink source parent [+] Snipe_AT@lemmy.atay.dev 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] orrk@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago that actually makes it worse because housework still needs to be done. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Brickhead92@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago Wow! That's almost as much as a CEO increases in 3 months! permalink fedilink source parent [–] drbi@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago Thanks for making me chuckle. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Snipe_AT@lemmy.atay.dev 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Not_Alec_Baldwin@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* 7.25 / 0.25 is indeed 29, therefore a 2800% increase is correct. Thus, another dishonest way of stating this number is that it has increased almost 33% for each year since it was first implemented. (Not per year) permalink fedilink source parent [+] IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WHYAREWEALLCAPS@lemmy.world 82 points 2 years ago (2 children) Meanwhile the cost of living has increased 2077% in 85 years. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Loid@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago CYBERPUNK REFERENCE??!??! permalink fedilink source parent [+] Snipe_AT@lemmy.atay.dev 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] orrk@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago that actually makes it worse because housework still needs to be done. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Snipe_AT@lemmy.atay.dev 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] orrk@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago that actually makes it worse because housework still needs to be done. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] orrk@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago that actually makes it worse because housework still needs to be done. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Brickhead92@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago Wow! That's almost as much as a CEO increases in 3 months! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] drbi@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago Thanks for making me chuckle. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Snipe_AT@lemmy.atay.dev 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Not_Alec_Baldwin@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* 7.25 / 0.25 is indeed 29, therefore a 2800% increase is correct. Thus, another dishonest way of stating this number is that it has increased almost 33% for each year since it was first implemented. (Not per year) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Not_Alec_Baldwin@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* 7.25 / 0.25 is indeed 29, therefore a 2800% increase is correct. Thus, another dishonest way of stating this number is that it has increased almost 33% for each year since it was first implemented. (Not per year) permalink fedilink source parent
[+] IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent