If min. wage had kept up with productivity it’d be $25/hr. today. Instead the gains went to the top .1%

To support a household & put 1 child through college, $40–55/hr.

Sources: @EconomicPolicyInstitute
@livingwageMIT
@NLIHC
@AmerCompass

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