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How Did Anyone Beat This In The Arcade? (i.imgur.com)
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[–] altima_neo 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Back when people were making a buck or two an hour though

[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago (1 children)

$3.10 minimum wage in 1980. Equivalent to ~$11.50 per hour today, higher than today's minimum wage.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The effective minimum wage in 2019 was $11.80. It’s important to talk about these things in context, so we are better able to address the correct problem.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Glad ours is $15.45/hr

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Yeah I was just commenting on inflation in general