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erronis

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3. This is a bit of a false cut-off - the Federal Minimum Wage is only $7.25/hour

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2019, 03:47 PM

Apr 2019

Anyone making more than that would not be counted in this comparison.

It would be better to use the federal poverty level ($12,140/year for an individual) but that would not have made the differences seem so stark.

Still the incredible imbalance does not bode well for future stability.

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