related_tweet: @freakonomics 250,000 lost jobs over 10 years is 25,000 jobs per year, which cannot be attributed with certainty to a minimum wage and cannot outweigh taking 900,000 mostly women with children out of poverty. 7.50 in 2009= 3.50 adjusted for inflation. $15 is simply 7.50 in 2009 dolalrs.