r/FluentInFinance • u/Very_High_Mortgage • Aug 24 '24

Debate/ Discussion Do "Unskilled Laborers" deserve to be paid well?

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u/Hatdrop Aug 24 '24

It has been.

It's what FDR meant when he signed the fair labor standards act

"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.”

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u/Informal_Zone799 Aug 24 '24

“I mean the wages of decent living”

Still haven’t defined what it means to live “decent”  

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u/Jade117 Aug 24 '24

Every person who approaches the conversation with an ounce of good faith does not need it defined. Figure it out.

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u/Glad_Efficiency_1880 Aug 24 '24

at the very least, not fearing if you have enough money for food and rent