Viral social media posts claim President Joe Biden is offering huge sums for labor historically tied to slavery.
by content creator teddy2stupid, posted on August 14, 2023, viewed 2.9 million times, included a copy of the headline in the background of their video.
During the clip teddy2stupid said:"I know what y'all thinking, I know what y'all thinking. Give me a second, I know what it is. We've been having a problem with the cotton picking and stuff and, you know, we don't take this too kindly but I ain't gonna lie.
Assuming a 40-hour work week, with 48 weeks worked per year, a $300-per-hour job would land a gross salary of $576,000. Weighing the pain and history tied to hand-picking cotton against the wage Biden purportedly offered made the headline easy to play for laughs. Although it seems that some of the content creators may have been in on the joke too, to be clear, the president is not offering $300 an hour to pick cotton.
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