Our Endangered Values, by Jimmy Carter: on Jobs


Jimmy Carter: US minimum wage $5.15, while England $9.20 & Germany $12.74

Despite touting concern for working Americans and private home ownership, key political leaders in Washington have successfully blocked any increase in the minimum wage, which has been held at only $5.15/hour for 8 years and not indexed to accommodate inflation. (In comparison, the minimum wage in Australia is $8.66, in France $8.88, in Italy $9.18, in England $9.20, and in Germany $12.74.)

Assuming 50 weeks at 40 hours/week, this sets the US minimum annual income at $10,300, below the poverty level, for tens of millions of Americans who have full-time jobs. The official poverty line in 2004 for a father or mother with one child was $12,400 in the continental US.

Source: Our Endangered Values, by Jimmy Carter, p.195 Sep 26, 2006

  • The above quotations are from Our Endangered Values:
    America's Moral Crisis    ,
    by Jimmy Carter    .
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