PugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoFlavortown is dead 😔lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1848arrow-down127
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minus-squareslaacaa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up117·1 day agoNo problem, as salaries also trippled in that time Tap for spoiler /s
minus-squareFrozengyro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down5·edit-21 day agoMaybe not tripled, but making 7.25-10/hour was pretty common in 2008. The standard today is 15-20/hour at fast food. I’m aware this doesn’t justify tripling the price. Even 3x wages would not triple the cost of the burger.
minus-squarewinkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·22 hours agoYet $7.25 is still the federal minimum wage today
minus-squareturnip@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down3·edit-220 hours agoThey created like 40% more money supply in the span of a single year. It then rises at about 10% a year on average, due to a CPI that does adjustments at the whims of some entity whose goal seems to be to understate inflation.
No problem, as salaries also trippled in that time
Tap for spoiler
/s
Maybe not tripled, but making 7.25-10/hour was pretty common in 2008. The standard today is 15-20/hour at fast food.
I’m aware this doesn’t justify tripling the price. Even 3x wages would not triple the cost of the burger.
Yet $7.25 is still the federal minimum wage today
Yea pretty fucked up.
They created like 40% more money supply in the span of a single year. It then rises at about 10% a year on average, due to a CPI that does adjustments at the whims of some entity whose goal seems to be to understate inflation.
Consider me spoiled 😢