Hello Flash,
Originally Posted by
Flash
You are reading things into my post which are not there. I gave no opinion about the minimum wage yet you took off on a tangent about the virtues of a higher wage.
I merely stated you are incorrect in stating conservatives are repeating a myth or lie when they say it was not intended to be a minimum wage. I don't hear any who say that and its intent is irrelevant to what Congress chose to do in 1938 or today. If indexed for inflation the original 25 cents would be worth about $4.54 today. What FDR intended is not reflected in what Congress chose to do then or since. So, maybe FDR did intend it to be a living wage but not the legislative body that actually enacted the law--his intent is only his opinion.
I have given no opinion about the minimum wage, only challenging your statement that conservatives are repeating a myth.
Well I am amazed you have never heard anyone arguing that minimum wage was never intended to be a living wage.
Sorry I don't have any immediate specific examples, and I really don't feel like proving something that is such common knowledge. You are certainly free to believe it never occurs. That hardly matters. It does. I have heard conservatives argue this for years. And they are wrong. FDR definitely said it should be a living wage, intended for it to be that.
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