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minus-squarerwhitisissle@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·4 days ago For 40 years Everything was so great for the working class before…(checks notes)…1984… yeesh.
minus-squaredoingthestuff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 days agoI started working in 1985. Things are undeniably worse than they were then. Yeah minimum wage looked like shit comparatively but there was still 5c candy.
minus-squareXavienth@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoInflation-adjusted minimum wage in 1985 is $9.51. Still shit, but better than much of the US today.
Everything was so great for the working class before…(checks notes)…1984…
yeesh.
I started working in 1985. Things are undeniably worse than they were then. Yeah minimum wage looked like shit comparatively but there was still 5c candy.
Inflation-adjusted minimum wage in 1985 is $9.51. Still shit, but better than much of the US today.