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Elwood P Dowd

(11,443 posts) Wed Sep 3, 2014, 10:43 PM Sep 2014

Minimum wage workers have lost over 6 billion dollars since 2009

because of inflation. Over 300 billion since 1968. Every year minimum wage workers take what amounts to a pay cut because of inflation.

http://www.cepr.net/calculators/min_wage_flip_counter/

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Minimum wage workers have lost over 6 billion dollars since 2009 (Original Post) Elwood P Dowd Sep 2014 OP

Just think about Delmette Sep 2014 #1

Delmette

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1. Just think about

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Thu Sep 4, 2014, 12:20 AM

Sep 2014

How many homes could have been saved from forclousure, how many paid up health insurance policies would have saved lives, how many children would not have gone to bed hungry and cold.

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