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minus-squareunrealMinotaur@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agohttps://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/03/facebook-posts/christmas-carol-characters-wages-not-best-comparis/
minus-squareArtisian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoAlso https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/02/08/fact-check-bob-cratchits-salary-higher-than-us-minimum-wage/8987313002/ The most damning point of which is that cratchet isn’t destitute; underpaid for his job maybe, but manual laborers were often making half his hourly wage at the time and any reader would have known this.
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/03/facebook-posts/christmas-carol-characters-wages-not-best-comparis/
Also https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/02/08/fact-check-bob-cratchits-salary-higher-than-us-minimum-wage/8987313002/
The most damning point of which is that cratchet isn’t destitute; underpaid for his job maybe, but manual laborers were often making half his hourly wage at the time and any reader would have known this.