wheresmysurplusvalue [comrade/them]@hexbear.net to memes@hexbear.netEnglish · 9 months agobib maghexbear.netimagemessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1247arrow-down11
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minus-squareinvalidusernamelol [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·9 months ago$11.85/hr $1.85/bm
minus-squareRed_Sunshine_Over_Florida [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-29 months agoThe prevailing minimum wage at a job I started a few years ago was well under that.
minus-squareinvalidusernamelol [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-29 months agoYup. And that’s not even accounting for disproportionate inflation in the necessity basket. Just market inflation. I guess the cost of food being so insanely inflated shows up in this comparison, but housing and loan/consumer credit isn’t
$11.85/hr
$1.85/bm
The prevailing minimum wage at a job I started a few years ago was well under that.
Yup. And that’s not even accounting for disproportionate inflation in the necessity basket. Just market inflation.
I guess the cost of food being so insanely inflated shows up in this comparison, but housing and loan/consumer credit isn’t