TIL Minimum wage has only increased by $7.00 in 85 years in the USA. - eviltoast

Upon inception it was set at $0.25. It is now $7.25.

    • WHYAREWEALLCAPS@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      While I am very pro-minimum wage, it does need to be more regionally based than nationally. The minimum required to get by in LA, New York, and so forth is going to be different than some podunk middle of no where towns in rural America.

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          1 year ago

          Completely removing money is forever impossible, as long as we are here. Some people will always be trading. It’s just our human nature, and money is very useful for trading. That means, even if the state of any country discontinues their fiat currency, the trading people that were agreeing upon using that currency, will just switch to any other fiat currency still in existence, or any crypto currency, or gold or whatever else they agree upon.