ALJAZAM Ali Velshi On Target November 4, 2015
Signed by roosevelt in 1938 made the minimum wage the law of the land. 70 years later america is locked in a partisan debate about raising the federal minimum by 7. 25. No matter where you stand, theres no arguing. When you adjust it for inflation, the wage is lower than the minimum wage in 1968. In todays dollar the wage back then was 10. 94 an hour. President obama backs a democratic bill that would raise this to 12 an hour. Today, hundreds of thousands of disabled workers throughout this country are earning as little as 2 an hour. Sometimes less. Another part of the fair labour standards ac...