@MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com to Today I Learned@lemmy.world • 9 months agoTIL Minimum wage has only increased by $7.00 in 85 years in the USA.message-square160fedilinkarrow-up11.12Kfile-text
arrow-up11.12Kmessage-squareTIL Minimum wage has only increased by $7.00 in 85 years in the USA.@MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com to Today I Learned@lemmy.world • 9 months agomessage-square160fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@PmMeFrogMemes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish25•9 months agoI agree it needs to be raised but that’s a terrible and misleading way to present the data.
minus-square@Sadbutdru@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish10•9 months agoI strongly agree with this comment. You could as easily say it’s increased by 2800% (correct me if I’m wrong) since then, which sends the opposite message, but neither are good ways of showing what’s really going on…
I agree it needs to be raised but that’s a terrible and misleading way to present the data.
I strongly agree with this comment.
You could as easily say it’s increased by 2800% (correct me if I’m wrong) since then, which sends the opposite message, but neither are good ways of showing what’s really going on…