You need to know the base wage before saying that. If they are getting a fair and livable wage now, and this raise is twice what inflation is over time, then this is great. If they are below a fair and livable wage, then this might be enough to get them up, depending on how far below they are.
You: Statement that only a third of people interpreted the way you apparently intended.
Me: Is this really what you meant?
You: No.
Me: Can you tell me what you meant?
You: No.
Man, it’s almost like you actually did mean it the way the rest of us interpreted it but don’t like being called a psychopath after saying psychopathic things.