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No assumption. Some people are still paid that for living wages. One is too many IMO
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Minimum wage
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No assumption. Some people are still paid that for living wages. One is too many IMO
This is not true. This is something that happened during the Trump Presidency, but the process was started under Obama. Trump had nothing to do with it. In fact, what the Trump administration ended up with was much less than what the Obama administration proposed.
Actually it sounds like you are , making an assumption. Do you have any proof that someone is depending on a Federal minimum wage job as a sole, long-term means of livelihood?
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In 2023 81,000 workers earned exactly the prevailing federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.
Now if you can show all those 81,000 people had other income have it.
Characteristics of minimum wage workers, 2023
This report presents highlights and statistical tables describing workers whose earnings were at or below the federal minimum wage in 2023. In 2023, 80.5 million workers age 16 and older in the United States were paid hourly rates, representing 55.7 percent of all wage and salary workers. Among...
This is not true. This is something that happened during the Trump Presidency, but the process was started under Obama. Trump had nothing to do with it. In fact, what the Trump administration ended up with was much less than what the Obama administration proposed.
Trump might cosplay as a fast-food worker, but he is not going to do anything to help people making minimum wage.
The point is that someone working a full-time job shouldn't need another means of income just to survive.
You are making the assertion that minimum wage earners are working for basic living. You have the onus to provide examples.In 2023 81,000 workers earned exactly the prevailing federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.
Now if you can show all those 81,000 people had other income have it.
Characteristics of minimum wage workers, 2023
This report presents highlights and statistical tables describing workers whose earnings were at or below the federal minimum wage in 2023. In 2023, 80.5 million workers age 16 and older in the United States were paid hourly rates, representing 55.7 percent of all wage and salary workers. Among...www.bls.gov
The Obama increase was rejected.