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I calculated based on minimum wage 30 years ago and cost of living
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I made $11/hr back in 1992 which I considered a low wage. Minimum wage in 1992 was $5.50. Federally now it’s $7.50/hr. Some states have higher. , Florida being $10/hr and California being$13/hr
Prices of things since 1992 have gone up 300-700% but the Federal minimum wage has only gone up 100%. Gas, for example, has gone up 400%. Toyota pickup roughly up 500%. Rent where I used to live in 1992 has gone up 600%. Food I’m paying probably 300% more
Based on my calculations with cost of living , the min wage should be, at least, $25/hr to be able to pay your bills
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78221947 Cost of living is a racist scam. It was designed to keep blacks out of the workforce because before min wage you negotiated your price and could work for less, but if there was min wage you couldn't outbid your opponent. I lived on $11 an hour in 2012. It wasn't easy but I still paid bills to my ex and supported my kinds.. (not on the child support scam the government fucks us with) and we all did fine. I had to find a non luxurious car and think before I spent. You know what it did for me? Made me realize I was undervalued and I strive for a better job. Got my way up to 75K a year. Took a 30k pay cut to work a job I enjoyed rather than for money... how did I do it? Well up until Covid and then the Biden Administration it wasn't hard! But when the Govt makes you owe 7k after 13 years of having kids and getting 5-7k tax returns then it is hard. Maybe abolish democrats and you can live off 11 an hour... well not. Now because Biden turned us into a 3rd world country.
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