related_tweet: @milwaukeeforev1 @in_communicado_ @tweeteru @pilothardy @wsj actually, not true. the highest minimum wage has ever been was 1968 ($1.60), and adjusted for inflation it works out to about $12.50 in today's dollars.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  the $7.25 adjustment in 2009 only works out to $8.98 today since inflation has only averaged 1.8% in the intervening years.