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If minimum wage had grown at the same rate as the US federal debt it would be $408/hour
by Rebelgecko 6y ago
If minimum wage had grown at the same rate as the US federal debt it would be $408/hour
- lixtra 6y agoI think debt should be at least normalized by number of citizens. But still...
- Rebelgecko 6y agoThat makes sense, although sadly it brings the scaled minimum wage down to only around $140/hour
- rStar 6y agomoney isn’t real my dude, at least while we have that sweet sweet petrodollar scam going. see MMT.
- SerLava 6y agoRemember when they said 10 trillion in debt would cause a massive crisis?
- adreamingsoul 6y agoWho said that?
- jb775 6y agoThat irrelevant so long as the USA controls the world's money printing machine and has the biggest guns.
- insert_coin 6y agoIt is not irrelevant, or no less relevant than the headline comparison.
- imtringued 6y agoThe biggest guns part gives it more money than it needs and that money has to be put somewhere lest it causes unemployment.