@lifemmonster @shayno_mac @mkpisto @wardogapollo @natalieelsberg the phrase was meant to mean the lowest wage that can still support a person while employed full-time. $7.25 in 2009 (when it moved up to that amount) is equal to $8.52 today. minimum-wage workers now have 85% of the buying power they did 9 years ago, but rent has gone up.