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LINK Sen. John Thune, Opposing $15 Min Wage, Says He Earned $6 As a Kid—That's $24 With Inflation

In a tweet voicing his opposition to raising the national minimum wage to $15 an hour, Republican South Dakota Senator John Thune said he made $6 an hour working at a restaurant as a "kid." Adjusted for modern inflation, that would be $24 an hour today.

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snytiger6 9 Feb 25
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They just don't care.

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I don't know why this is so hard to grasp by so many people of both parties. People seem to be so offended that a minimum wage worker would make "that much" money, yet they aren't offended when someone makes $5,000 an hour.

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Complete lack of thinking.....

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Living with his parents. Did his parents make $6/hr?

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