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jimbolauski@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Source on all your statistics and values.

Average rent 1940 $27 per month

ipropertymanagement.com/…/average-rent-by-year

Food costs

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.

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