Mom Saki from ๐ต๐ทMount Makito looking down in awe
@MomSaki
Alone, as all, near crest of Makito Mt. At peace, mostly. Above all, BE KIND. Tolerant Atheist, I love all of creation (except tyrants). Honorary NAFO king.๐บ๐ฆ
@Acyn Yes the rebirth of the American dream will require the law finally coming after traitorous weasels like yourself who came so close to forever extinguishing it.
@elonmusk Can you imagine a world where someone with this much reach worked to unite and uplift rather than divide and degrade? So sad that the sacred awe of a shared humanity evades you.
In 1978, a student working a summer job at minimum wage could earn enough to cover an entire year of in-state tuition at a four-year public university, often without needing to take on debt.
In 1978, a student earning the federal minimum wage could realistically pay for an entire year of in-state tuition at a public four-year university with a typical summer job. With minimum wage set at $2.65 per hour and average annual tuition and required fees around $688, a student working 40 hours a week for 12 weeks could earn about $1,272 before taxesโmore than enough to cover tuition and still have money left for books, transportation, and other expenses.
That reality has largely disappeared. While the federal minimum wage has remained at $7.25 per hour for years, average in-state tuition and fees at public four-year universities have climbed to roughly $11,000 annually. Covering tuition alone at minimum wage would now require more than 1,500 hours of work before taxes, the equivalent of nearly 38 weeks of full-time employmentโfar beyond what a student could earn during a normal summer break.