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hadrons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-12-10 09:10 PM
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President Kennedy defends increasing minimum wage (1962)
 
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President Kennedy defends increasing minimum wage (1962)
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Skink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-12-10 10:19 PM
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1. glad that this sunk like a stone on Du.
the minimum now must be half of the sixties minimum was.
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andym Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-10 01:30 AM
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2. Current minimum wage in adjusted dollars is highest since middle of Reagan's term
Edited on Wed Oct-13-10 01:31 AM by andym
http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/anth484/minwage.html

1968 was the highest in adjusted dollars at $10.10...
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tclambert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-10 05:45 AM
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4. Thanks. Good graphs.
Edited on Wed Oct-13-10 05:48 AM by tclambert
The last one especially, which shows that the minimum wage has never been enough for one minimum wage worker to lift a family of four out of poverty. Republicans always respond to anything about the poor with, "They should get a job!" Yet you can work 40 hours a week every week and still be poor.
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indimuse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-10 02:44 AM
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3. KNR! n/t
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