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Re:Ask HN: Is America in Recession? by toomuchtodo on Sunday November 23, 2025 @01:19PM (#46025934)
Peak purchasing power of the minimum wage, per the question about entrance to society. To my knowledge, there is no period where America was “awesome for everybody”, as there is always a material cohort or cohorts America subjugates, exploits, or marginalizes for nation state economic success.
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Re:Ask HN: Is America in Recession? by paulcole on Sunday November 23, 2025 @01:26PM (#46025991)
I never asked about peak purchasing power of the minimum wage. Not sure why you brought that up tbh.
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Re:Ask HN: Is America in Recession? by toomuchtodo on Sunday November 23, 2025 @01:27PM (#46026003)
“peak for ease of new entrance to society?” was the question you asked. Maximum earning power for anyone (minimum wage) was the answer. The lower your purchasing power, or access to purchasing power, the less ease for entrance to society, economically speaking. This coincides with the tail end of America’s post WW2 economic boom.
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Re:Ask HN: Is America in Recession? by paulcole on Sunday November 23, 2025 @02:11PM (#46026360)
> Maximum earning power for anyone (minimum wage) was the answer.

I think you meant to say “my answer” not “the answer.”

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Re:Ask HN: Is America in Recession? by bluecheese452 on Monday November 24, 2025 @11:18AM (#46035705)
Why would you think that?
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Re:Ask HN: Is America in Recession? by paulcole on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @09:37PM (#46053603)
Because there is no single answer here.
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Re:Ask HN: Is America in Recession? by bluecheese452 on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @12:58PM (#46060374)
Huh? The context is pretty clear.
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