alan1
Gold Member
You know.....................if the minimum wage had kept up with the rate of inflation, the current rate would be around 10.50/hour.
The American dream at one time meant that you had ONE 9 to 5 job that allowed you to buy a house, support a family of 4 and have a car.
Now? In order to afford the American dream, if you earn minimum wage, you'd have to work 16 plus hours per day.
Actually, minimum wage law was put into effect more to combat child labor low wages, not to provide a living wage to a single household wage earner. It wasn't so that a single income earner could support a family of four on 25 cents an hour, but more that his children could earn 25 cents an hour to help support the family.