What I Learned About the Minimum Wage…When I Didn’t Depend on It

I’m not an economist, nor a decent mathematician. I have the most basic understanding of how money and society work together, I’ll admit. Part of that understanding includes the assumption that the reason for having a job is to make the money necessary to live within a given society. On a basic level, that means buying food and shelter.
But here’s the thing: Most minimum wage jobs do not allow that to happen.

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