PugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoFlavortown is dead 😔lemmy.worldimagemessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1587arrow-down114
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minus-squareFrozengyro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down3·edit-22 months agoMaybe not tripled, but making 7.25-10/hour was pretty common in 2008. The standard today is 15-20/hour at fast food. I’m aware this doesn’t justify tripling the price. Even 3x wages would not triple the cost of the burger.
minus-squarewinkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·2 months agoYet $7.25 is still the federal minimum wage today
Maybe not tripled, but making 7.25-10/hour was pretty common in 2008. The standard today is 15-20/hour at fast food.
I’m aware this doesn’t justify tripling the price. Even 3x wages would not triple the cost of the burger.
Yet $7.25 is still the federal minimum wage today
Yea pretty fucked up.