"In my Inaugural I laid down the simple proposition that nobody is going to starve in this country. It seems to me to be equally plain that no business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country. By "business" I mean the whole of commerce as well as the whole of industry; by workers I mean all workers, the white collar class as well as the men in overalls; and by living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level-I mean the wages of decent living." - Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Seems a good place to start.
When FDR said this, the average person worked 50-60 hours a week. I think we base way to much of this debate off a 40 hour work week. There's no reason why anyone can't work multiple jobs or overtime.
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When FDR said this, the average person worked 50-60 hours a week. I think we base way to much of this debate off a 40 hour work week. There's no reason why anyone can't work multiple jobs or overtime.