>>15 USD is still less than if you had adjusted the original minimum wage for inflation, so come on. This is a myth that is often repeated, but I have yet to s

>>15 USD is still less than if you had adjusted the original minimum wage for inflation, so come on. This is a myth that is often repeated, but I have yet to see it proven. The Original Federal Min Wage was passed in 1938 and was $0.38 per hour, Adjusted to 2021 that would be $7.14 In 1981 it was raised to $3.35, in 2021 dollars that would be $9.76 In 2009 it was raise to where it is today, $7.25 ($0.66 lower than a pure inflation increase should have been) and is 9.26 in 2021 dollars So if you want to do a pure inflation adjusted min wage it would be no more than $10 not $15 I can find at no point in the history of Federal minimum wage would have wage inflation adjusted be more than $15/hr today. I can debate the merits of minimum wage, the ethics, etc, but we have to be having a debate with actual facts not political talking points.