related_tweet: @roarquette @siano4progress @fireheather ty, but here's a more important point.  even 6 figure people become homeless!  the min. wage in 1972 was $1.60 = $$8.64 today.  our federal minimum is $7.25, which means everyone has less buying power than those in 1972, who could buy a 3 bedroom home for $30,000 like.