related_tweet: @marriedfitz86 @bonnibk the buying power of $100 in 1980 is the same as ~$312 today.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  in that same time, we have seen a minimum wage increase of around $2 federally in that time. meaning wages increased roughly 25%. in that same stretch the cost of goods went up 300%, cost of education went up