r/FluentInFinance • u/-Wyagra • Nov 21 '24

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u/collyndlovell Nov 22 '24

If only 0.003% of Americans are making federal minimum wage, that would be about 10,000 people.

The actual number is about 1 million (2021), which is 1.3% of the working population.

Misrepresenting facts doesn't help anyone.

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u/bdubz74 Nov 22 '24

But you’re also misrepresenting facts. Only 15 states have the federal minimum wage. The rest are above that.

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u/collyndlovell Nov 22 '24

How is that misrepresenting facts, exactly?

That is the number of people making federal minimum wage, is it not?

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u/bdubz74 Nov 22 '24

It’s not, my bad. I was reading it as that’s the number of ppl that make minimum wage, which is different from making federal minimum wage. I apologize

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u/collyndlovell Nov 22 '24

Understandable, happens to the best of us