@melissadorman: Happy Labor Day. Here's my issue with it. 🖤 Labor Day won you the 40-hour week. Housing quietly took it back: a minimum-wage worker now needs 116 hours a week to afford a two-bedroom, there's no state where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford one, and 18 of the 25 most common jobs pay below the rent. Everything went up. Your wage didn't. $7.25 since 2009, about 40% less than 1968 after inflation. So we celebrate workers with a day off from jobs that can't house them, then tell them to save 20% for a down payment out of a check the rent already ate. That's why I don't teach saving your way in. I teach buying the building from the person who owns it. The on-ramp was never a bank. It's a neighbor. DM me FREEDOM for the free book. #laborday #housingcrisis #minimumwage #bankonyourneighbor #consciouswealth
The wage isn’t the problem it’s the housing cost and that’s from a corporate takeover of real estate that needs to be corrected
2026-09-08 03:20:04
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Justin :
... y'all got a day off?
2026-09-08 03:21:08
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user4654728582801 :
Minimum wage is for unskilled labor
2026-09-08 00:44:44
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laina <3 :
mind you a lot of us are still working today 😭 nothing closes on labor day
2026-09-08 00:59:40
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Bryan :
Who's working minimum wage ?
2026-09-08 03:22:52
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C :
Why would one person making minimum wage require a 2 bedroom apartment??
2026-09-07 23:05:31
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Maria Campos :
that's right it is impossible for anyone to pay rent in Arizona it's irritating that the prices went up
2026-09-08 03:23:22
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Reggie Ortega :
I live in a 3 bedroom house with a garage here in Montana and only pay 500 a month
2026-09-08 01:32:57
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Laura Jordan :
I work full time at the post office and still need a second job
2026-09-08 02:27:37
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pape0100 :
When I first started out, I had roommates…
2026-09-07 23:00:01
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District5Ducky :
Heres the deal, idgaf ab federal minimum wage, most states dont follow it, however i believe minimum wage should be for kids (under18 years old) and then when you turn 18, you can no longer legally make minimum wage. HOWEVER, you cannot expect a 6 figure job if you are unskilled
2026-09-08 01:00:59
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FunNatasha :
Freedom
2026-09-08 03:23:34
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waltz :
Minimum wage was never meant to be one’s sole income.
2026-09-07 23:32:55
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jwday77 :
who actually makes minimum wage?
2026-09-08 02:12:22
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Monica Lopez :
😳 What state are you in?
2026-09-08 02:54:29
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ReadyMshell :
$1200 - 1 bdrm w/ utilities =166 hours government taxes not included (Oklahoma)
2026-09-07 23:36:14
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Sarah Jane :
Haha who said workers get Labor Day off ?
2026-09-07 23:41:03
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#SavageQueenTRINITY🦉🆘️👑 :
I LOVE SMART SOCIAL JUSTICE WARRIORS!!!
2026-09-08 00:40:16
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VonBonham :
Minimum wage was meant to be a livable wage. Labor day was meant to give the laborers a break, extra day off paid. Most of us don't have any of this.
2026-09-08 02:14:07
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shaunrohmiller :
Minimum wage is for entry level jobs. If your skill set doesn’t improve, neither do wages. If employees only want to do the minimum, their wages will match.
2026-09-08 02:40:33
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The_Puck_ :
And that’s why all of us from previous generations went out and got what are called “roommates” that split costs until we got established careers. A world where people are able to live on a 40 hr min wage job has NEVER existed.
2026-09-08 00:20:49
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John Shepherd88 :
I’ve made minimum wage once in my life. I was 16. I’m 43 now and have been well above minimum wage
2026-09-08 02:31:51
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hunterjm99 :
I’m doing just fine 🤷🏼♂️
2026-09-08 01:15:06
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Jersey Girl :
Freedom
2026-09-07 23:26:33
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wendy :
facts, i love this.
2026-09-07 23:39:16
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