I used 4 different inflation calculators to verify this and $1.60 translated to about 10 or 11 in present day dollars. Yeah 7 =/= 10 but this is still an over-exaggeration.
minimum wage is fine where it is. If you raise it, all your doing is making it harder for business owners to justify more positions. It's getting even worse with all this Obamacare crap. I've seen way more people let go because the owner didn't want to have to pay for insurance than any other reason. You think a fast food place would have the dozen or so people working behind the counter and in the kitchens if the minimum wage was raised to $10/hr? No, they are gonna make do with half that, making you wait in line longer and probably come back here to make a meme about how long fast food takes.
If your doing a good job, have been at your job for almost any amount of time, and if your job takes any skill whatsoever, then you aren't gonna be making flat out minimum wage anyway
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Oh and the minimum wage is higher up here too.