Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison is on a #RaiseTheWage crusade again today:
Today is National Minimum Wage Day. Why do we need to #RaiseTheWage? The federal minimum wage hasn’t kept up with the cost of basic goods.
— Keith Ellison (@keithellison) October 10, 2014
The minimum wage in 1968 was $1.60 an hour—$10.56 in 2014 dollars—but the current minimum wage is only $7.25 an hour. pic.twitter.com/XngTIFoFbH
— Keith Ellison (@keithellison) October 10, 2014
Average cost of some goods increased, but the purchasing power of the minimum wage dropped. Here’s what #RaiseTheWage means in emojis.
— Keith Ellison (@keithellison) October 10, 2014
If there was too much mathy stuff in those three tweets, the liberal Democrat tried to make the point, emoji-style:
If you worked an hour in a minimum wage job in 1968, you could afford ???????, but in 2014 you can afford ???
— Keith Ellison (@keithellison) October 10, 2014
If you worked an hour in a minimum wage job in 1968, you could afford ☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️, but in 2014 ☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️.
— Keith Ellison (@keithellison) October 10, 2014
If you worked an hour in a minimum wage job in 1968, you could afford ????????????????????????????????, but in 2014 ?????.
— Keith Ellison (@keithellison) October 10, 2014
If you worked an hour in a minimum wage job in 1968, you could afford ???, but in 2014 you can afford ?. #RaiseTheWage
— Keith Ellison (@keithellison) October 10, 2014
We must #RaiseTheWage so working families can afford basic needs. Find out how much your favorite emoji cost in 1968 and tweet it out!
— Keith Ellison (@keithellison) October 10, 2014
Is there an emoji to depict what can be afforded by unpaid interns?
On the other side of the coin:
@NoahCRothman If you worked an hour in 1968 you could be drafted, breath asbestos or leaded gas emissions, or be bombed by Bill Ayres.
— mitrebox (@mitrebox) October 10, 2014
@NoahCRothman which is inflation which u r governing have lied & said is none & taxes, bought new car 1971 for $2100 @DCCC @GOP @TPMFL
— fedup52 (@fedup52) October 10, 2014
@NoahCRothman This applies to all monetary value. The guy's just a professional whiner.
— The Best Is Yet To Come ?? #MAGADeborah ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@Dc37Deborah) October 10, 2014
@keithellison @moorehn if they stopped eroding the purchasing power of the $ then we wouldn't have these prob as severely as we do
— Wesley Harr (@Wesley_Harr) October 10, 2014
@keithellison adults shouldn't be working minimum wage jobs. You can be unskilled and work an assembly line for $12 an hour.
— Joshua (@j_w_84) October 10, 2014
https://twitter.com/ScottLofquist/status/520581643120046083
@ScottLofquist @keithellison 7-11 he hauls out EDBT card buys 3 cookies $4 didn't have 2 earn it spend away #RaiseTheWage u raise benies
— fedup52 (@fedup52) October 10, 2014
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/520582447231430656
https://twitter.com/McSorley64/status/520584583486926848
https://twitter.com/CincyMatty/status/520583292114849796
This is NOT the “solution” Ellison’s looking for:
https://twitter.com/GilesMcK/status/520586226001141761
Perish the thought!
Did Ellison factor in SNAP benefits? Maybe there’s no emoji for that either.
https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/520581388777848832
@NoahCRothman I, for one, refuse to devolve to hieroglyphics.
— Dr Hugo Hackenbush (@MangyLover) October 10, 2014
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