claim: "in 1968, a full-time worker earning minimum wage, could actually support a family of three above the poverty line. today, that same worker would earn less than the poverty line for a family of two."
author: virginia interfaith center for public policy
evidence_1: dec 4, 2013 ... up until the early 1980s, an annual minimum-wage income—after adjusting for  inflation—was enough to keep a family of two above the poverty line. at its high  point in 1968, the minimum wage was high enough for a family of three to be ...  poverty line with the earnings of a full-time minimum-wage worker, ...
evidence_2: feb 16, 2012 ... what are full-time annual earnings at the current minimum wage ... wages,  including 29 that are currently higher than the federal rate. ... whether full-time  work at minimum wage keeps a worker out of poverty depends on their family  size and ... wage and lives alone will earn above their poverty threshold.
evidence_3: dec 4, 2013 ... how much would it take to make that possible again? ... in the past, a minimum- wage job was actually one that could keep a single parent out of poverty. ...  minimum wage in 1968 could have lifted a family of three above the poverty line,  now it can't even do that for a parent with one child, working full-time, ...
evidence_4: dec 19, 2013 ... that would raise the federal minimum wage in three incremental increases ... at  the same time, the bill would raise the base wage paid to tipped workers ...  annual minimum-wage earnings and poverty line for families of two to four, ...  wage of typical american workers used to be much smaller than it is today.
evidence_5: at its peak value in 1968, the earnings of one full- time worker at minimum wage  was enough to support a family of three above the poverty level. today, that  same family would fall $4,000 below the federal ... job will still qualify for, and rely  on, food stamp benefits. ... demand as low-income workers spend their higher  wages.