In 2025, the federal minimum wage is officially a “poverty wage.” The annual earnings of a single adult working full-time, year-round at $7.25 an hour now fall below the poverty threshold of $15,650 (established by the Department of Health and Human Services guidelines). The limitations of how the federal government calculates poverty understate how far the minimum wage is from economic security for workers and their families.
And do absolutely nothing else.
Congratulations that both parties agree with you that no one should be paid at all.
Congratulations that you acknowledge that rising minimum wage is a dead end.
I recognize that neither party wants to raise it.
Much to the delight of people like you who don’t like worker protections.