related_tweet: @foxdie_2020 @shinycreeperxy @thatsheady @hbone6900 @mmmusichead @berniesanders the us federal minimum wage has been the same since the 2000s. the exact same amount in hard cash, regardless of the fact the cash itself is now worth less as a result of inflation.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  $7.25 is a starvation wage. and it's worth massively less than it was over a decade ago.