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[–] 27 points 1 month ago (1 child)

I suspect Scrooge kept Bob Cratchit working for more hours than what's in the modern workweek, skewing the per hour.

Not that that's an argument against raising the minimum wage today.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago

    Taking minimum federal wage of $7.25 Bob Cratchit would have around 73 hour work weeks. That makes around 10-11 hours a day every day or around 12 hours Monday to Saturday. It skews numbers, but still the destitution allegory works.

    I'm not an USA-ian.

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