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This unbelievably shit take manages to ignore so many important factors: The number of people who fall below that median of $75k, the fact that he's looking at household vs single income, the fact that two years ago gas was almost half what it is now – so what about that huge impact on people my dude, and that if he removed the efficiency of modern cars from the equation his whole ~~~Everything Is Great~~~ argument collapses. A minimum wage employee works 40 minutes to pay for a gallon of gas today. The min wage in 1962 was $1.15. One hour of work bought 3.8 gallons of gas. https://preview.redd.it/6rg8yqr2dla91.png?width=1294&format=png&auto=webp&s=7f5d5cb2dd333839d8ba12eefa401208654a57de


This unbelievably shit take manages to ignore so many important factors:

The number of people who fall below that median of $75k, the fact that he's looking at household vs single income, the fact that two years ago gas was almost half what it is now – so what about that huge impact on people my dude, and that if he removed the efficiency of modern cars from the equation his whole ~~~Everything Is Great~~~ argument collapses.

A minimum wage employee works 40 minutes to pay for a gallon of gas today. The min wage in 1962 was $1.15. One hour of work bought 3.8 gallons of gas.

https://preview.redd.it/6rg8yqr2dla91.png?width=1294&format=png&auto=webp&s=7f5d5cb2dd333839d8ba12eefa401208654a57de

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