[KarlInOhio]

If we followed official inflation figures, the original 1938 minimum wage of $0.25 per hour would be $4.67 now. Was it possible to live and support a family on 25 cents per hour back then?

[central_va]

In the year 1945, the United States minimum wage was $0.40.

So in 6 years the min wage almost doubled. Those wily Republicans....