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9. In 1955 I got 85 cents an hour clerking in a store.

Thu Feb 25, 2021, 12:47 PM

Feb 2021

There was a big hullabaloo when Wisconsin wanted to raise the minimum to $1/hour. Everyone said it would ruin business.

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Now, now 😉 Dream Girl Feb 2021 #16

Ok Grandpa samplegirl Feb 2021 #2

My daughter is 38 samplegirl Feb 2021 #5

It gets worse... Grins Feb 2021 #8

It wasn't even a real example Major Nikon Feb 2021 #6

yup. i was a waitress in those yrs. tipped wage was $1.48 irrc. mopinko Feb 2021 #7

Minimum wage was $1.05 an hour or very close to that in 1972. louis-t Feb 2021 #26

For restaurant workers it was $1.60 in 1971 Major Nikon Feb 2021 #27

That can't be right. I think I still have some of the paystubs. louis-t Feb 2021 #28

Depends on who you worked for Major Nikon Feb 2021 #29

Most people may not pick up on that fact. Whoopsie! ffr Feb 2021 #4

In 1955 I got 85 cents an hour clerking in a store. BarbD Feb 2021 #9

I wrote about this a while ago. Grins Feb 2021 #10

+1 pandr32 Feb 2021 #14

K&R LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2021 #11

Did he get a percentage of tips? greatauntoftriplets Feb 2021 #12

I made the dollar equivalency argument to a millennial pandr32 Feb 2021 #13

When discussing minimum wage I relate a story JohnnyRingo Feb 2021 #15

I love it when people like Thune mention their restaurant jobs, heckles65 Feb 2021 #17

It's theiR 'trickle-down' theory... Justice matters. Feb 2021 #22

Here's my question... yuiyoshida Feb 2021 #24

Here's a thought Fritz Walter Feb 2021 #25

Kick orangecrush Feb 2021 #30

Trickle down? No, let's try trickle up! Aussie105 Feb 2021 #31