• doingthestuff@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I started working in 1985. Things are undeniably worse than they were then. Yeah minimum wage looked like shit comparatively but there was still 5c candy.

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      4 months ago

      Inflation-adjusted minimum wage in 1985 is $9.51. Still shit, but better than much of the US today.