MuskyMelon@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 6 days ago1.4M of the nation's poorest renters risk losing their homes with Trump's proposed HUD time limitapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1165arrow-down11
arrow-up1164arrow-down1external-link1.4M of the nation's poorest renters risk losing their homes with Trump's proposed HUD time limitapnews.comMuskyMelon@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squaresleep_deprived@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·6 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage_in_the_United_States In 2009, Congress increased it to $7.25 per hour with the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007.
minus-squareNGram@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 days agoWhile the amount did increase, you missed the line right above it – minimum wage in the USA has effectively been decreasing since 1968. Its purchasing power peaked in 1968, at $1.60 ($14.00 in 2024)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage_in_the_United_States
While the amount did increase, you missed the line right above it – minimum wage in the USA has effectively been decreasing since 1968.