related_tweet: @bigherm8100 @hydratedheaux @spyderbite @cnn if minimum wage kept with inflation it would be $24.00 an hour.  40 hours today doesn't buy you what 40 hours did 5, 20 even 50 years ago.  middle class living has continued toward poverty for decades.  if kept with inflation it wouldn't be as a big a hit, but it needs to happen.