MonsiuerPatEBrown to Today I Learned@lemmy.world · 8 months agoTIL Minimum wage has only increased by $7.00 in 85 years in the USA.message-squaremessage-square229fedilinkarrow-up11.34Kfile-text
arrow-up11.34Kmessage-squareTIL Minimum wage has only increased by $7.00 in 85 years in the USA.MonsiuerPatEBrown to Today I Learned@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square229fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNot_Alec_Baldwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-28 months ago7.25 / 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)
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)