related_tweet: just looked at old paystub from working at target in 2004. cart boy. $7.50 which was $2 or about 30% about minimum wage. great money for a summer  gig, but certainly not enough to live on. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  but now its 2021 and minimum wage is $7.25. inflation over 17 years was 141%.