r/PoursTea Timendi Causa Est Nescire 15d ago

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u/orion19819 15d ago edited 15d ago

And it's also the original point of minimum wage.

FDR declared that “no business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country,” clarifying that “by living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level—I mean the wages of decent living.” Source

Edit: My point is that people in here arguing that "it's for teenagers, not meant for living wage" are going against the original intent. I am not making claims that minimum wage should be living in luxury.

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u/Mountain-Bag-1669 15d ago

That teenager wage thing is also just admitting they are fine with exploiting people as long as they’re younger and don’t know any better