silence7@slrpnk.net to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agoInflation’s Wild Ride | Inflation has surged and moderated since the pandemic. As the presidential election approaches, politicians are focused on who is to blame. How did we get here?www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoYes, the federal minimum wage hasn’t risen; that’s static and requires an act of congress to change. What happened is that the pandemic also gave a lot of people negotiating power, so the wages most people earn went up more than prices.
Yes, the federal minimum wage hasn’t risen; that’s static and requires an act of congress to change. What happened is that the pandemic also gave a lot of people negotiating power, so the wages most people earn went up more than prices.