@PugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agoFlavortown is dead 😔lemmy.worldimagemessage-square102arrow-up11.07K
arrow-up11.07KimageFlavortown is dead 😔lemmy.world@PugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square102
minus-square@slaacaa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink123•2 months agoNo problem, as salaries also trippled in that time Tap for spoiler /s
minus-square@Frozengyro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink24•edit-22 months 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-square@winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish47•2 months agoYet $7.25 is still the federal minimum wage today
minus-square@turnip@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish9•edit-22 months 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 😢