Source on all your statistics and values.

Average rent 1940 $27 per month

https://ipropertymanagement.com/research/average-rent-by-year

Food costs

https://www.thepeoplehistory.com/40sfood.html

Meat $6 per month (1/2 lb per day) Eggs $1 per month (2 dozen) Bread $0.40 per month (3 loafs) Fruits $2 per month (1/2 lb per day) Vegitables $2 per month (1/2 lb per day) Milk $1.50 per month (2 gallons) Cereal $0.35 per month (2 boxes) Flour $0.05 per month (1 lb)

Total $13.30

You seem to think people had zero money when that was implemented.

Where did I state that?

Minimum wage covers nothing. Rent on a house is over the amount minimum wage pays.

Never made the claim that it was.

You said “minimum wage was never intended to be a living wage”

I said “never INTENDED - factually false”. He absolutely intended it.

Do not judge a bill based on what a politician says judge it on what it actually does. At the inception of the minimum wage it was below a living wage.

You now saying all that other stuff is irrelevant, moving of the goal posts.

I’m judging minimum wage based on results not the propaganda spewed out of a politicians upper oriface.

https://drexel.edu/hunger-free-center/research/briefs-and-reports/minimum-wage-is-not-enough/#:~:text=Though often considered the baseline,over the following 71 years.

Though often considered the baseline of livable wages, it is important to note that even when it was first created, it did not represent a true living wage.

So when it was created. It wasn’t a living wage. I’ll tell you another secret. Politicians say one thing and do another.