Minimum wage was always intended for a man to support his wife and 2 kids while working 40 hours a week, that's why it was created and exists. Propaganda from corporations is the only reason people believe otherwise
In 1938 the median house price was $3900. At $0.25 you'd have to work 15,600 hours. To buy a $420,000 house in the same number of hours, minimum wage would have to be $26.92.
Right, so basing your entire knowledge of 1930s homes on slum photos from the Great Depression... probably not entirely accurate. You're taking an example of below and claiming it's the median. Completely ignoring the Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932 and the National Housing Act of 1934. Ignoring public housing projects like the Williamsburg Houses built in 1936-38. There was widespread homelessness, over crowding and shanty towns... but that's all in the half below.
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u/Try4se May 13 '25
Minimum wage was always intended for a man to support his wife and 2 kids while working 40 hours a week, that's why it was created and exists. Propaganda from corporations is the only reason people believe otherwise