Did Bob Cratchit really make more than an American on minimum wage?

Did Bob Cratchit really make more than an American on minimum wage?

Around this time of year, I start seeing this 2021 Tweet make the rounds: “Most Americans on minimum wage earn less than a Dickensian allegory for destitution”—it’s compelling! And it certainly feels right to someone like me, who thinks it’s embarrassing to imagine that a poor person in 19th century England might have more than a poor person in 2020s America. But is it true? Politifact, the fact checking organization that won a Pulitzer for thei…