1. In the 1960s, a minimum wage job would keep a family of three afloat.
2. The minimum wage was the 20th century equivalent of the Emancipation Proclamation.
3. At the current $5.15 an hour, the federal minimum wage has become a poverty wage. A full-time worker with one child lives below the official poverty line.
4. No family gets rich from earning the minimum wage. In fact, the current minimum wage does not even lift a family out of poverty.
5. The typical minimum wage earner is a provider and a breadwinner - most likely a woman - responsible for paying bills, running a household and raising children.
6. Raising the minimum wage isn't just pro-worker; it's pro-economic growth.
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