Minimum Wage

Over the years the federal minimum wage standards have been changing, and over the course of this paper things will be told about the changes. The years will be a useful tool. As the years increased so did the minimum wage, and it is still changing today. Acts will be passed and facts will be spilled all over the pages, so lets get on with the entertainment.
In the year of 1949, minimum wage was actually at 40 cents. They decided it should be raised to 75 cents and hour. Back then, that seemed like quite a bit of money. As the years went on that seemed that a pretty steady pay raise. Not long after that happening did the Fair Labor Standards decide to raise it again. Only 6 short years went by and the minimum wage was raised up to 1 dollar an hour. Which brings me to my next point, wage increase.
Year after year the wages continued to rise, less at a time but more frequently. In 1961 it went from 1 dollar and 15 cents to 1 dollar and 25 cents in the same year. “The amend...