Sen. Bernie Sanders is once again calling for a higher federal minimum wage. The current rate has been $7.25 since 2009.

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Sen. Bernie Sanders is once again calling for a higher federal minimum wage. The current rate has been $7.25 since 2009.

    • paddirn@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      2 years ago

      Our minimum wage is decided by people who have either never worked a minimum wage job or were working long enough ago when $7.25/hr was probably a decent factory wage (pre-1950s). They have no concept of what people actually need to live on, or just don’t care.