What's Really Behind the Opposition to a $15 Minimum Wage — Fifty-seven senators from both parties are determined to preserve an economic system that rewards the rich and punishes the poor.

All those arguments were made at the time. More economists than not agree it was a reactionary bad move. Just ask Jimmy Carter, who had to spend his whole presidency cleaning up after Nixon Shock.

Would you be a Democrat or a Republican voter in 1910? Do you support a national minimum wage? Unions? Labor rights?

  • Should America return to its 1776–1971 rare metal standard?

Yes.

  • Did America’s god and silver standard 1776–1971 cause the Great Depression (1929–1933)?

No. Libertarians (RNC 1929–) dropped top tax rates down to 24% in 1929 though. Not that they were even paid that.

A year after raising it back up to 66% (1932) the economy started bouncing back.

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