related_tweet: @kidcampbell7111 @georgesoros if the minimum wage had kept up with its 1950-1970 level, it'd be $21.12/hr today. mean wage is pushed up by thatat that level, it's 55% of mean wage, so about $80k instead of today's $50k.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  that's in 2020 buying power dollars.