'It’s heartbreaking. I think if you give up 40 hours a week, you should be able to live,' Nick Colsch, an economist said. 'You should have the other 128 a week to yourself.
In addition to working both jobs, inflation has forced Waddy to make difficult decisions. He got rid of his cell phone so he could save money.Waddy's jobs pay more than minimum wage. He's one of the lucky ones in Wyoming, which is one of 20 states that has not raised their minimum wage above the federal level of $7.25 an hour.
According to the Economic Policy Institute, rising inflation has brought down the value of minimum wage to its lowest point since the 1960s. “There should be no reason if prices are going to increase year over year, the very minimum standard we make people work for also doesn’t rise," Colsch said. Only about 1.5% of American workers actually earn $7.25 an hour jobs. A majority of states and dozens of cities have put their own minimum wage hikes in place. Private companies like Amazon and Target have also raised starting pay well above the minimum wage.“There are a lot of people who are three bad months away from being homeless than there are three good months away from being a millionaire," Colsch claimed.
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