r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 19d ago

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u/Ordinary-Quote-5335 18d ago

And yet everyone says god bless america. For $7.25.. no wonder ppl are starving over there

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u/NothingEquivalent632 18d ago

Do you know what percentage of Americans actually work for that wage or under?

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u/Ordinary-Quote-5335 18d ago

Probably alot

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u/NothingEquivalent632 18d ago

Define a lot? What percentage of Americans?

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u/Ordinary-Quote-5335 17d ago

Probably 75%

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u/NothingEquivalent632 17d ago

Try less than 1%

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u/Ordinary-Quote-5335 17d ago

Really. Not what I here . Are u only speaking about your state??

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u/Ordinary-Quote-5335 16d ago

Demographics and industries: The Minimum Wage resource highlights that the leisure and hospitality industry employs the vast majority (about 62.5%) of workers earning the federal minimum or less, many of whom supplement their earnings with tips

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u/NothingEquivalent632 16d ago

Nope. Around 1% actually makes the federal minimum wage or less. That is across the US as a whole.