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Opinion: Increasing the minimum wage comes at too high a price for workers | CNN(www.cnn.com)

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jimbolauski@lemm.ee
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The evidence that minimum wage was intended to be a living wage is that FDR said it was. Have you started believing everything a politician says?

There is no external evidence to support FDRs claim. Looking at the Fair Labor Standards Act contradicts his claim, $0.25 an hour is not enough, the act passed easily and $0.35 could have been set if they wanted to.

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BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com
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Quite a stretch to argue because minimum wage didn’t fulfill its intended goal on day 1 that wasn’t the intention….

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jimbolauski@lemm.ee
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Minimum wage never fulfilled its claimed goal. FDR had opportunities to make minimum wage a living wage but never did, the very next year minimum wage was raised to $0.30 per hour, still below a living wage.

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BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com
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Minimum wage never fulfilled its claimed goal

I’ll agree with you there.

Politics are gonna politic, and there’s always going to be someone against something, even if I’d seems like a no-brainer.

In the case of minimum wage though, that’s all the more reason to push to expand it, not just give up because FDR didn’t get it perfect the first time.

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