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the idea that no one should ever be paid lower wages than those that would keep him and his family above poverty level
The '''living wage''' entails the idea that no one should ever be paid lower wages than those that would keep him and his family above [[poverty level]].
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In urging the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, [[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. By living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level. I mean the wages of a decent living."
In urging the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, [[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. By living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level. I mean the wages of a decent living."