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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago

$15/hr was the demand over a decade ago. The buying power of the dollar has maybe halved since then. When it's finally achieved, it'll be paraded around as an accomplishment by politicians who waited until it became too little too late and corporations will use it as an excuse to jack up prices even further.