Cost of living went up by 32% since 2008 - The federal minimum wage

Posted: Jan 2nd, 2018 - 4:32 pm In Reply to: No, prices went up AFTER minimum wage - increased

The federal minimum wage has not gone up since 2009. Sounds like your pizza has gone up a lot. If your minimum wage went up from $7.25 to $10.00 last year I guess I would be cutting back on the pizza.

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Minimum Wage in Your State - curious (Views: 1064, 2018-01-02, 9:49 am)
- My groceries, local taxes, utilities - sm (Views: 872, 2018-01-02, 10:18 am)
  - See, that's the thing - sm (Views: 660, 2018-01-02, 10:28 am)
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        Nope. - Economics (Views: 724, 2018-01-02, 6:05 pm)
        Cost of living went up by 32% since 2008 - The federal minimum wage
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- Indiana is $7.25 - AKA (Views: 695, 2018-01-04, 1:53 pm)