STOP THE PRESSES! LET’S BRING BACK THE 5 CENT CANDY BAR!
When politicians particularly members of today’s in name only democrat party started pushing for a higher minimum wage. The focus should have been on purchasing power of the lowest coin of the realm. Each time it was passed the price of an item like an individual candy bar and everything else increased. What began at 5 cents in the 1940’s was when the minnimum wage was 50 cents an hour . As the rate steadily increased so did candy bar prices to what it is today. The result has always been since it began devaluing the purchasing power of the dollar.
You’re talking since 1940, 80 years. I’m talking 80 DAYS! I’m glad you’re not concerned. Apparently you don’t buy food, energy, housing, transportation, you know the things that are increasing at 15+% a year. You take your 5 cent candy bar from 1965. I’d like my $2.25 gas or a used car that cost less than a new sticker price, you know from way back in February of 2021.