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Re:I need to explain to you just how dire America's Pokémon ... by panarky on Sunday May 02, 2021 @05:45PM (#27019343)
> minimum wage ought to be $12-13/hour if it had simply been adjusted for inflation

The federal minimum wage in 1960 was $1.00 [1].

Adjusted for inflation, $1.00 in 1960 is equivalent to $8.86 in 2021 [2].

[1] https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2019/business/us-minimum-wag...

[2] https://www.dollartimes.com/inflation/items/1960-united-stat...

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