In 1980 the minimum wage was $3.35. A Big Mac cost $1.59.
If wages kept up with inflation that Big Mac would cost around $7.00 today - but with a minimum wage of $17.00 (what 1980's MW would be in today's dollars) it would be much less of a bite out of a MW earner's hourly pay than it is today.
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