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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
Once upon a time, minimum wage at a full time job could actually get basic expenses covered in most parts of the country. Food, shelter, transportation to your job. That's what it was designed to do, that was its function. That is no longer true. Minimum wage didn't keep up with inflation. Inflation isn't caused by an increase in minimum wage. Were that the case, the *federal* minimum wage would be well over $12/hour. Instead, it's still $7.25/hour. There are still some states that only require $7.25/hour minimum wage, and many jobs that still only pay $7.25/hour minimum wage.
That is not the cause of inflation. It is a symptom of inflation.
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That’s not true, we just allowed fewer things in our life. We didn’t have cellphones, computers, cable TV, bought used baby furniture and supplies, bought any necessities on sale if possible, didn’t take our children on vacation until they were preteens and that was for 2 nights.
There was one car only, we never did pot or put drugs up our noses. We did the physical labor for our home repairs, upkeep and remodeling. College education was out of reach so we utilized libraries and common sense to teach ourselves. AND we had respect for our bosses, elders without groveling and were a two parent family.
It wasn’t and hasn’t been a cakewalk but totally satisfying knowing we were responsible for our achievements and goals.