Minimum wage has been the same since 1968

[DrunkenNovice]

I believe y’all might want read that again. It’s not saying 52% made minimum wage.

 

[Will Ross]

Who tf can live off of 7.25/hr?
That's insane to me

Pay is not based on the cost of living

 

[Cloutius Maximus]

christ, how do adults live on that

they don't really live, they survive using government programs like SNAP/WIC, second jobs, side hustles, living with other people and getting help from family and friends.

 

[Frolickingmami]

Pay is not based on the cost of living

I thought it was? At some point?
But still though, 7.25 is absurd.

 

[Will Ross]

I thought it was? At some point?
But still though, 7.25 is absurd.

Cost of living use to be based on the middle class but now it’s more on the upper middle class

 

[Seoul Gleou]

I thought it was? At some point?
But still though, 7.25 is absurd.

it was...in 1968

 

[OfTheCross]

Pay is not based on the cost of living

In some States it is.