MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com to Today I Learned@lemmy.world · 11 months agoTIL Minimum wage has only increased by $7.00 in 85 years in the USA.message-squaremessage-square234fedilinkarrow-up11.3Karrow-down157file-text
arrow-up11.24Karrow-down1message-squareTIL Minimum wage has only increased by $7.00 in 85 years in the USA.MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com to Today I Learned@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square234fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePmMeFrogMemes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down8·11 months agoI agree it needs to be raised but that’s a terrible and misleading way to present the data.
minus-squareSadbutdru@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down3·11 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…