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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: Road Walker who wrote (10092)10/5/2009 10:57:20 AM
From: Peter Dierks  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
Ridiculous assertion. What percentage of the poor had phones thirty or forty years ago? Not just families, but people? What percentage had access to more than four or five TV channels? Multiple cars per household? etc. The standard of living for America's poorest has consistently improved over the last 100, 50 , 25 and 10 years.

Bottom line is inflation has gone up more than wages... a net decline in standard of living.

It is certainly true that increases in minimum wages do cause those least qualified to loose their jobs. This causes an increase in unemployment which most affects the youth and the poor.
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