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Minimum wage is a paltry $7.25—and Congress hasn't raised it in 15 years
On July 24, 2009, Congress increased the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour. It has not been raised since, despite President Joe Biden’s latest efforts to do so. That’s the longest span without an increase since the minimum wage was established in 1938. There …