re: #179 HappyWarrior

Was it Marsha or another GOP lady that pretty much destroy their own argument against minimum wage by pointing out their wage in 1968 was “only 2.10” which adjusted for inflation is higher than today’s present minimum wage?

Yep, that was braintrust Blackburn—

I remember my first job, when I was working in a retail store, down there, growing up in Laurel, Mississippi. I was making like $2.15 an hour. And I was taught how to responsibly handle those customer interactions. And I appreciated that opportunity.

Blackburn was born in 1952, so she likely took that retail job at some point between 1968 and 1970. And according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ inflation calculator, the $2.15 an hour Blackburn made then is worth somewhere between $12.72 and $14.18 an hour in today’s dollars, depending on which year she started.

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