Originally Posted by Favorite Fabrics
Originally Posted by shnnn
Originally Posted by justlooking
Prices are going up everywhere, except salaries.
Since mid-2007 federal min wage has gone up over 40% and our state added another $1 --- so that's an increase of 60% in just a couple of years.
And even so it is still hard to live on a single minimum-wage job.
That's how it always works out. Minimum wage rises and helps out a bit until the cost of goods catches up to it -- then those who make min wage are back where they started and the rest basically suffered a cut in pay.