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This meme is a response to a comment about the 1933 National Industrial Recovery Act, which established the minimum wage. The commenter is asking if the minimum wage would have been $15/hour in 1933. The response is a sarcastic and humorous explanation of the historical context of the 1933 law, using a quote from Franklin D. Roosevelt to explain that the minimum wage was not intended to be a living wage, but rather a way to help the economy. The response also includes a humorous and sarcastic tone, using a quote from the 1933 law to explain that the minimum wage was not intended to be a living wage, but rather a way to help the economy.

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2023-05-10T21:03:35+00:00

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Se have no problem with wage increases, but | don't really believe you should be able to make house payments flipping burgers and bagging groceries. Those jobs are meant to be teens first jabs to make some money and learn responsibilities, not create careers. I'm also curious that if minimum wage did get increased to $10-$15, what would happen to those of us that are in positions that get paid $15/hr? Would we see an equal raise? Doubtit. This is what bothers me. Like - Reply - 15 mins - Edited Ez Joel Klinepeter *clears throat* 5 years before signing into law the first Minimum Wage in a 1933 statement regarding the National Industrial Recovery Act, Franklin Delano Roosevelt said “No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country.” and “By living wages, | mean more than a bare subsistence level —| mean the wages of a decentliving.” In a Fireside Chat before signing the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act Roosevelt said "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, who has been turning his employees over to the Government relief rolls in order to preserve his company’s undistributed reserves, tell you — using his stockholders’ money to pay the postage for his personal opinions — tell you that a wage of $11.00 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry.” You're just wrong, just flat out 100% wrong, and your view is completely ahistorical. it WAS intended that someone flipping burgers and bagging groceries should be able to afford a home. These jobs were NEVER intended to be for teens. Also, ifteens are doing real work they deserve real wages, do you have any idea how common burns are in the fast food industry? How many back injuries there are from unloading trucks and stocking shelves ata grocery store? How about the sheer unbridled psychological abuse heaped on retail workers by shitty customers? Why is someone risking 3rd degree burns for a paycheck (often to help their family because their parents aren't earning enough) not deserving of an honest days wage? Your view is shitty, and it’s factually just plain wrong. You should feel bad for putting forth the effort to actually type out this self-centered nonsense. Like - Reply - Justnow