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Federal Minimum Wage in 1981 and increases thereafter....
1981
1990(first increase since'81, pt1)
- $3.35
1991(2nd half of '90 increase)
- $3.80
- 45¢
1996(5 years since the last increase in '91)
- $4.25
- 45¢
(First scheduled increase)
1997(2nd scheduled increase ^)
- $4.75
- 50¢
(sub minimum wage of $4.75 an hr is established for employees under 20 years of age during their first 90 consecutive calendar days of employment with an employer.)
2007(10 years since the last increase in '97)
- $5.15
- 40¢
(Over 3 years, 1st installment)
2008(2nd installment)
- $5.85
- 70¢
2009(3rd installment)
- $6.55
- 70¢
2020
- 7.25
- 70¢
- $7.25
- There hasn't been an increase since '09, 11 years ago
There has been 7 increases to the federal minimum wage since 1981
Those 7 increases total $4.35
The 1990 increase would occur over 2 years, '90/'91
The 1996 increase would occur over 2 years, '96/'97
The last 2, in 2008 and 2009, were scheduled increments
from the increase and first installment in 2007
So, in all actuality, 2007 was the last increase and there has been
only 3 increases to the federal minimum wage since '81
for a total of $4.35
Rhonda lives in a rural area within a state
where the cost of living is low
In 1990, Rhonda was 20 when she started working for Bing Bang
as a full time employee, working 40 hrs a week, 1,920 hrs a year
In 1990, before taxes, she was making....
$152.00 a week
$608.00 a month
$7,296 a year
It is now 2020 and Rhonda is 50 years old
She still resides where she did 30 years ago
She happens to reside in 1 of the 21 states that has not enacted
state legislation increasing the mw beyond the federal mw of $7.25
She has been working for Bing Bang for 30 years now
There has been 6(3)fmw increases = $3.45 since she started in 1990
Now, in 2020, before taxes, she is making....
$290.00 a week
$1,160 a month
$13,920 a year
Over the course of 30 years, Rhonda's wages increased $3.45
After 30 years, she makes $6,624 more a year
than she did when she started in 1990
That amounts to....
$552 a month
$138 a week
$27.60 a day (5 days)
Congress Pay starting from 1987 and subsequent raises
1987
1990 (year Rhonda started working)
- $77,400 (House)
- $89,500 (Senators)
1991
- $96,600 (House - $19,200 increase)
- $98,400 (Senators- $8,900 increase)
1992
- $125,100(House - $28,500 increase, $50 k in 2 years)
- $101,900(Senators- $3,500, 1/1)
- $125,100(Senators- $23,200, 8/14, $36 k in 2 years)
1993
- $129,500
- $4,400
1998
- $133,600
- $4,100
2000
- $136,700
- $3,100
2001
- $141,300
- $4,600
2002
- $145,100
- $3,800
2003
- $150,000
- $4,900
2004
- $154,700
- $4,700
2005
- $158,100
- $3,400
2006
- $162,100
- $4,000
2008(Worst financial crisis since the Great Depression)
- $165,200
- $3,100
(Paulson/Bernanke need $700 billion to prevent Next GD)
(the original proposal excluded foreign banks,
but was revised to include foreign financial institutions)
(By 2009, they committed $7.7 Trillion torescuebailout
thefinancial systemthemselves)
(bailout estimates, low $24 Trillion, high $63 Trillion)
2009(Congress enacted recovery plan
- $169,300
- $4,100
Obama signs it into law, $800 Billion for....
shovel ready jobs, cash for clunckers, Solyndra)
- $174,000
- $4,700
Congress has had 14 raises since 1987, beginning in 1990,
the same year Rhonda started working, fmw $3.80
The last being in 2009, as well, fmw $7.25
In 1987, House members made $77,400
Senators made $89,500
Federal Minimum Wage was $3.35
In 1990, 3 years later, the fmw was raised 90¢
and would occur over 2 years, '90/'91
So, in 1990, there was a 45¢ increase, fmw $3.80
In 1990, House members also enjoyed an increase
A $19,200 increase and were now making $96,600
Senators wages increased $8,900, now making $98,400
1991, the following year, fmw increase pt.2, 45¢, fmw $4.25
That same year, House members got another raise too
A $28,500 raise, now making $125,100...2 years, $47,700
Senators got 2 raises, $3,500 & $23,200= $26,700,
also making $125,100 now...2 years, $35,600
Federal Minimum Wage increased 90¢ the same 2 years
that Congress gave themselves a combined, $83,300 in raises
Federal Minimum Wage wouldn't see another increase for 5 years
But, in 1992, a year later, another raise for Congress, $4,400
Both Houses making $129,500
Again, 1993, a year later, another raise, $4,100
Both Houses making $133,600
Over the course of 6 years, 1987-1993
Congress gave themselves 4 increases totaling $91,800
Over the course of those same 6 years
Congress raised the minimum hourly wages
that companies had to pay certain workers, once, for 90¢ over 2 years
I say certain workers because Federal Minimum Wage laws
are different for disabled and tipped workers.
I knew wait staff made shit because of tips, but I didn't know
there were fmw laws that allow companies to pay
disabled people and teenagers less money per hour
than someone who is not disabled or older
From 1987-2009 wages for the House
increased $96,600 since 1990, Senators $84,500
And that's just for regular joe shmoe members
That amounts to...
$8,050 a month
$2,012 a week
for House members
$7,042 a month
$1,760 a week
for Senators
From 1987-2009, federal minimum wages
increased for certain workers $4.35
That amounts to...
A 20¢ increase every year since 1987
Less than 2¢ a month
In 2016, Democrats adopted the $15 minimum wage
as part of their party platform for that year’s elections.
3 years later.....
Jan 16 2019, 2 bills were introduced, 1 passed
1 passed the House with 205 sponsors, placed in the Senate
The other bill had 31 sponsors but hasn't passed the House
Who introduced the bill...Bernie Sanders, his came first
These mother fuckers are something else
I have clearly shown they don't fucking care
They want another raise themselves...
They haven't had an increase in 10 years(first introduced)
Boo hoo, cry me a fucking river
And Bernie....well, what I laid out speaks for itself
House Democrats propose
$4,500 pay raise for Congress
House votes to raise federal minimum wage
Congress is saying they need a $4,500 raise.
History of Federal Minimum Wage Rates
H.R.582 - Raise the Wage Act
S.150 - Raise the Wage Act
OP and Lysterine...FUCK OFF
If you think the minimum wage is supposed to support a family of 4, you must be a Dimsocialist.
That's the biggest line of bullshit there is, really. I earned the minimum wage in high school as a Pump Man for the Exxon Corporation. It wasn't a job for a family man then, and it still ain't. Why is this even brought up and talked about by libtards?
Your history explains your angst.