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Darkcoffee
sh.itjust.works

USA Today out there asking the dumbest questions where everyone knows why, even the rich causing it.

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PunnyName
lemmy.world

Because minimum wage isn't tied to inflation and regional cost of living.

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Maeve
kbin.earth

"That's very much a wage story," Wadford said. "Since the beginning of the year, wages for lower-income households have continued to fall...while inflation continues to remain stubbornly high." In 2025, 29% of lower-income households live paycheck to paycheck, up from 28.6% in 2023 and 27.1% in 2023.

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varda
lemmybefree.net

LMAO saw a headline like this the other day: “corporate profits are up YoY, hmm how mysterious”

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