r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Melodic_Judge_129 • 9h ago

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/KypAstar 3h ago

https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/minimum-wage/2023/home.htm

No, they don't. 1% of the country is on the fed minimum wage. Most states have higher minimum wages, and most companies that pay that don't exist very long.

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u/throwawayforjustyou 2h ago

1% of the country is three and a half million people. Don't let your vision of the whole obscure the reality of these people. It's bleak.

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u/notaredditer13 2h ago

So, I know your username is telling, but 1% is of workers, not the entire population. It's more like 1.6 million.  And no, that's not a lot as a fraction of population nor does it account for who those people are/what their situation.  

Anyway, you're digging hard for relevance in an extreme outlier, far away from the point I made.

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u/Limp-Comfortable460 1h ago

You are correct, however, you should look up how many people make less than $15 an hour.