@rbreich

Let me fix that for you:

2009: $7.25
2010: $7.06
2011: $6.95
2012: $6.75
2013: $6.65
2014: $6.54
2015: $6.55
2016: $6.46
2017: $6.30
2018: $6.18
2019: $6.08
2020: $5.93
2021: $5.85
2022: $5.44
2023: $5.12
2024: $4.96

@rbreich
Canadian minimum wages, federal and provincial 1965 to current

https://minwage-salairemin.service.canada.ca/en/since1965.html

@rbreich

Damned Skippy!!

@rbreich

By requiring a fresh act of congress for each increase, every year that passes without one requires that increase to be bigger. You can see the evil cunning, right? Since 2009, inflation has averaged about 2.6%/yr. In 2010, that would have meant raising to about $7.45.

Ho, hum, eh?

But today, just to catch up, we'd need it to be about $10.80.

"What?!," they shriek. "You want them to get a 50% raise???"

Minimum wage should automatically go up with inflation, every year.

@rbreich

Despite all my rage, they still won't raise the minimum wage.

@rbreich It's time to stop *needing* to raise it every year.

2% of rent.

Let the minimum hourly wage be 2% of the median monthly rent on housing units in the county or parish where the work is to be performed.

It goes up with inflation, or at least a major component of it, and pits employers versus landlords to either raise wages or lower rents.

@rbreich

And take money from the hard working billionaire class? I think not, sir!

There are more twitters to destroy and generative porn to create!