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Re:America has never gone this long without hiking the feder... by hodr on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @02:16PM (#20277143)
Restated: 78% of adults work. 58% of workers are "wage earners" (paid hourly, not salary) 2.3% of wage earners earn minimum wage.

Therefore 0.0230.580.78 = 0.0104, or just over 1% of adults earn minimum wage.

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