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In 1990 the average rent price in the US was 447$. The federal minimum wage (Began April 1st 1990) was 3.80$/hr. In 2023 the average rent price is 1,702$. With a federal minimum wage of 7.25$/hr. It hasn’t changed since 2009.

What’s genuinely sickening to me is the fact that at 40 hrs a week in 1990 with 3.80/hr you could pay your rent and have some left over. It was very tight but possible. We’ve seen a 280.7% increase in rent price but only a 90.7% increase in federal minimum wage. Not to mention the fact that the inflation rate is higher today meaning that shit is costing more even faster. If the entire working class (the ones who make this country actually run) joined together and destroyed the gears of the system, it could work. I truly believe all we need to win is a passion-filled voice of unification. They do not pull the ropes or even understand how the wheels roll, but the working class does.


What’s genuinely sickening to me is the fact that at 40 hrs a week in 1990 with 3.80/hr you could pay your rent and have some left over. It was very tight but possible. We’ve seen a 280.7% increase in rent price but only a 90.7% increase in federal minimum wage. Not to mention the fact that the inflation rate is higher today meaning that shit is costing more even faster. If the entire working class (the ones who make this country actually run) joined together and destroyed the gears of the system, it could work. I truly believe all we need to win is a passion-filled voice of unification. They do not pull the ropes or even understand how the wheels roll, but the working class does.

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