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[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Reminder: the claim that Bob Crachits pay, when adjusted for inflation, is twice the American minimum wage gets economists so wound up that they try to argue that he was comparitively paid well despite not being able to feed his family at Christmas.