re: #58 HappyWarrior

As you’ve pointed out, they see “minimum wage” the same way they read “non-essential” during the shutdown. They have no concept of what it means. What was really funny to me was the idiot Republican representative from Tennessee who opposed the increase by saying she made 2.10 or so when she was a youngster and it was pointed out that adjusted for inflation she made over the minimum wage. Honestly, I think it’s telling that these people think that workers wanting wages of 10 dollars a hour are greedy but say nary a word about executives who give themselves six sometimes seven digit bonuses but I guess I’m just “jealous” of their success.

When I was working one summer in college (1976) I was paid the princely sum of $3/hr for working summer hotel, and time and half for OT. In today’s terms, that $12.60/hr. dollartimes.com So, I managed to live pretty comfortably and save money for college expenses that summer.

i doubt I could do it now working at minimum wage.