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BumRushDaShow

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17. But here's the issue -

Reply to mwooldri (Reply #13)

Fri Apr 17, 2026, 07:38 PM

12 hrs ago

40 years ago, the federal minimum wage was $3.35/hr. So if one uses your $1.20/gal figure, that comes out to about 36% of 1 hour's pay for a gallon of gas. This is obviously applying to many of your lowest paid workers.

Fast forward 40 years and the minimum wage is $7.25/hr. And if do a ballpark estimate average of $4.00/gal for gas, you are now talking about 55% of 1 hour's pay needed for a gallon of gas.

So the wage lag is real and this crisis is impacting the least among us the most.

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