Gang's all here

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Dave Mellor NJ

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage_in_the_United_States

In the United States, the minimum wage is set by U.S. labor law and a range of state and local laws.[2] The first federal minimum wage was instituted in the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933, signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, but later found to be unconstitutional.[3] In 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act established it at 25¢ an hour ($5.58 in 2024).[4] Its purchasing power peaked in 1968, at $1.60 ($14.00 in 2024).[4][5][6] In 2009, Congress increased it to $7.25 per hour with the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007.[7]
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Minimum wage is a hard thing to "quantify" against current market prices. The above comparison assumes the "Inflation Index" is correct - but that has been changed MANY times since the Government started publishing inflation numbers, and each change USUALLY politically motivated to lessen the optics.

I think to the $14,900 annual salary I was paid in my 1977 first year of engineering employment, which according to the current measure, is an annual income of $72,900, which is only slightly below my final year's salary of two years ago. Either engineering is not a good profession for advancement, or the numbers are skewed - and both might be correct.

Joe K
 
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Badpuppy said:
Not dressed for field work. Candidate driving them to town to vote Republican maybe.
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Haha, I LOVE the "diversionary" commentary.

One could say they're off to "Make America Agricultural Again.

It takes all kinds to make a nation. The reason we all have differing ideas politically is so that one idea/ideal doesn't become our downfall.

And we should celebrate ourselves, and our founders for THAT ideal.

Joe K
 
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