@PugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agoFlavortown is dead 😔lemmy.worldimagemessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1898arrow-down124
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minus-square@Frozengyro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink11•edit-21 month agoMaybe not tripled, but making 7.25-10/hour was pretty common in 2008. The standard today is 15-20/hour at fast food. I’m aware this doesn’t justify tripling the price. Even 3x wages would not triple the cost of the burger.
minus-square@winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish41•1 month agoYet $7.25 is still the federal minimum wage today
minus-square@turnip@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-21 month agoThey created like 40% more money supply in the span of a single year. It then rises at about 10% a year on average, due to a CPI that does adjustments at the whims of some entity whose goal seems to be to understate inflation.
Maybe not tripled, but making 7.25-10/hour was pretty common in 2008. The standard today is 15-20/hour at fast food.
I’m aware this doesn’t justify tripling the price. Even 3x wages would not triple the cost of the burger.
Yet $7.25 is still the federal minimum wage today
Yea pretty fucked up.
They created like 40% more money supply in the span of a single year. It then rises at about 10% a year on average, due to a CPI that does adjustments at the whims of some entity whose goal seems to be to understate inflation.