"When adjusted for inflation, the 2024 federal minimum wage is significantly lower than the real value of the minimum wage in 1970."-Google search
Maybe President Trumps equalization of global tariffs will bring more work and a higher minimum wage to American workers. Some say the revenue from tariffs will go to pay down the public debt- Congress is seeking to raise the debt ceiling 5 trillion dollars. It is also said that the revenue is necessary to finance war with Iran to stop it from developing nuclear weapons and financing attacks on Israel.