I will tell you a dirty little secret. What should inflation be adjusted for inflation compared to the 1970's?

[Votto]

Someone Calculated What The Minimum Wage Should Be Today Compared To The '70s In Order To Afford A Home, And I'm Literally Screaming At The Number

"All of my friends and I fantasize about what we’d do if we won the lottery, and every answer is some version of - pay off debt, go to the dentist, maybe go on vacation, fix our cars."

www.yahoo.com

In the 1970's, the minimum wage was around $7 per hour. But adjusted for inflation, what would it be today?



















It would be $66 an hour, showing you the power of the government spending the country into oblivion with neither party even remotely keeping up. In fact, the highest minimum wage in the US is around $17 an hour.

Now by all means, vote for more "free stuff" everyone!!!

Yay, it's a party!!!!

 

[Independent thinker]

Someone Calculated What The Minimum Wage Should Be Today Compared To The '70s In Order To Afford A Home, And I'm Literally Screaming At The Number

"All of my friends and I fantasize about what we’d do if we won the lottery, and every answer is some version of - pay off debt, go to the dentist, maybe go on vacation, fix our cars."

www.yahoo.com

In the 1970's, the minimum wage was around $7 per hour. But adjusted for inflation, what would it be today?



















It would be $66 an hour, showing you the power of the government spending the country into oblivion with neither party even remotely keeping up. In fact, the highest minimum wage in the US is around $17 an hour.

Now by all means, vote for more "free stuff" everyone!!!

Yay, it's a party!!!!

Did you know that the federal minimum wage started out at 25 cents per hour in 1938 and, adjusted for inlation, that minimum wage would be $5.73 per hour in 2025?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Someone Calculated What The Minimum Wage Should Be Today Compared To The '70s In Order To Afford A Home, And I'm Literally Screaming At The Number

"All of my friends and I fantasize about what we’d do if we won the lottery, and every answer is some version of - pay off debt, go to the dentist, maybe go on vacation, fix our cars."

www.yahoo.com

In the 1970's, the minimum wage was around $7 per hour. But adjusted for inflation, what would it be today?



















It would be $66 an hour, showing you the power of the government spending the country into oblivion with neither party even remotely keeping up. In fact, the highest minimum wage in the US is around $17 an hour.

Now by all means, vote for more "free stuff" everyone!!!

Yay, it's a party!!!!

The Fed and Congress have been the biggest beneficiaries

 

[Concerned American]

Someone Calculated What The Minimum Wage Should Be Today Compared To The '70s In Order To Afford A Home, And I'm Literally Screaming At The Number

"All of my friends and I fantasize about what we’d do if we won the lottery, and every answer is some version of - pay off debt, go to the dentist, maybe go on vacation, fix our cars."

www.yahoo.com

In the 1970's, the minimum wage was around $7 per hour. But adjusted for inflation, what would it be today?



















It would be $66 an hour, showing you the power of the government spending the country into oblivion with neither party even remotely keeping up. In fact, the highest minimum wage in the US is around $17 an hour.

Now by all means, vote for more "free stuff" everyone!!!

Yay, it's a party!!!!

The highest federal minimum wage during the 1970s was $2.90/hr. Sounds like Yahoo needs to do better research.

History of Federal Minimum Wage Rates Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 1938 - 2009

www.dol.gov

 

[rightwinger]

In the 1970's, the minimum wage was around $7 per hour. But adjusted for inflation, what would it be today?

It was around $2 an hour

But it was enough to pay for college tuition, a new car, an apartment