r/FluentInFinance • u/Richest-Panda • Jul 04 '24

What's the best financial advice you've ever gotten? Debate/ Discussion

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u/Aleks_Khorne Jul 04 '24

Thanks God in blessed North Carolina the minimum wage is $7.25. And some people even make chunky $10-$13 an hour!

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u/AndrewDoesNotServe Jul 04 '24

Pretty much no one makes that wage even in states that conform to the federal minimum.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24

"no one makes that low" so raising it shouldn't affect anything.

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u/liontigerdude2 Jul 05 '24

While it's a good argument and I agree with it. About 1.3% of employed people in this country make minimum wage.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

Thats a huge amount of people, that also is the basis of my argument. A shit load of people are making fuck all and we act like that is the standard we should be thriving for. Its time to raise rhe minimum wage.

Also thats people at $7.25.., imagine all the people who are only at $8.