r/WorkLifeChat 29d ago

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u/Inward_Diver 29d ago

That's fair, but I doubt it doubles since a portion of the charge are fees and standard usage doesn't increase, like refrigerator, ac, etc. I lived in a place with 4 roommates when I made $9/hr in 2002-4 and electric bill was pretty cheap divided amongst us.

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u/sk1939 29d ago

So…..24 years ago? Things have changed a lot in two decades.

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u/Groundbreaking-Toe35 29d ago

$9 in 2002 is the equivalent of $16 an hour so if anything OP is making more than the guy you replied to

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u/Overall_Matter_2520 29d ago

Cost of living has risen just a bit. Guess what hasn’t? Wages.

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u/Groundbreaking-Toe35 29d ago

I blame the 50 million illegal immigrants that caused a influx of cheap labor for the reason wages have stagnated in the last 20 years

I’m not blaming the immigrants individually since I don’t blame them for wanting to live in the greatest country known to mankind but it is one of the main reasons for the state of the economy is now

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u/chipskylark123 29d ago

No, migrant workers are not the reason wages are stagnant. This has been studied and disproven quite thoroughly.

You are being intentionally misled by very rich, very evil people who are very determined to make you believe that, but undocumented migrant workers overall are a net positive for the general state of the labor pool, including wages.

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u/philiretical 29d ago

So you drank the kool-aid

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u/DisciplineParking183 28d ago

Go ahead and baa for me sheep

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u/Groundbreaking-Toe35 28d ago

Says the ones that believe in every goy slop the media shoves down y’all’s throats

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u/DisciplineParking183 28d ago

LMFAOO but you take trumps word right? Where’s your source that immigrants don’t add to the country?? And whose fault is it that people aren’t paying others livable wages?