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This article is from 2017.
by justrealist 3y ago
This article is from 2017.
- CharlesW 3y agoThe percentage doesn't change much in newer data. As https://waysandmeans.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Shiloh-Kantz-Written-Testimony.pdf https://waysandmeans.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Sh... (newer but Oklahoma specific) notes: Relatively few workers actually earn minimum wage, but a substantial share of workers are classified as “near minimum wage” earners. These two groups (minimum wage workers and near-minimum wage workers) make up nearly 1 in 3 workers. The main point is that just looking at "minimum wage" workers doesn't tell the story. I don't believe you're being intentionally disingenuous, but there are many U.S. states where the minimum wage is an unlivable $7.25/hr and hasn't changed for 10 years or more.
- mdhb 3y agoAh yes, you must be referring to the economic miracle that minimum wage workers talk about all the time from around 2017 onwards. Things clearly only got much better from there and absolutely in no way went backwards.