Comments by "TeeKay" (@teekay_1) on "Jim Jordan shreds The Squad, Pelosi's silence and Biden's 'worst start in our lifetime'" video.

@Chase Manhattan Minimum wage is not meant to be a living wage. Unless you're willing to pay double your current grocery prices. Minimum wage is meant to give kids a start, not raise a family.
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Jimmy Carter was terrible, but at least he served his country honorably in the US Navy. He was high fiving Roslyn when Obama was elected though to pass on the mantle of "worst president ever".
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Joe said he didn't notice.
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@Chase Manhattan Unfortunately for adherents of FDR and fans of the National Industrial Recovery Act (1933), the supreme court overturned NIRA because it was unconstitutional, so today's minimum wage laws have no relationship to FDR. Remember, FDR said a lot of things, such as government unions were bad for the country, specifically "the process of collective bargaining had insurmountable limitations when applied to public personnel management.” He also put Americans in concentration camps because they were of Japanese Ancestry. Thanks for sharing, BTW
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@fritzfiedler1807 Unfortunately, Chase only knows talking points. I provided you with the actual history of the minimum wage.
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@CB-db1qx If those people aren't worth the money they're paid, the company shuts down, automates or moves to a foreign country. Economic laws are like the laws of physics, you can't really get around them.
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@Chase Manhattan I was pointing out your premise is incorrect. The ramblings of a guy who died in the 1940s about a law [and this is important] that was declared unconstitutional and is not the basis of the current minimum wage law is simply being stubborn about your position. Your best bet would be to say to yourself "Gee, I'd always read that quote, and did not understand that courts threw that law out". The net effect is the current minimum wage was not intended to be a living wage. it was meant as a starter wage for young people.
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@Chase Manhattan I made a statement of fact. And the fact is, the comments around this laws by FDR are irrelevant because it's not the law. It's like quoting King John on why the Magna Carta was a bad idea. The minimum wage law of today was not intended to be a minimum wage and quoting FDR about a completely different law doesn't change that.
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