I asked Mike King , a grocery worker in Collier County earning the minimum wage , if the increase to $ 9 would make an appreciable difference in his life . ` Bob Greene asks : What would life in U.S. be like if there were no minimum wage . For most of U.S. history , there was no minimum wage ; it started in 1938 under FDR . Obama wants to raise it . Others , like Speaker Boehner , oppose it as costly to business . Greene : How do you feel about raising the minimum wage?
Bob Greene asks : What would life in U.S. be like if there were no minimum wage . For most of U.S. history , there was no minimum wage ; it started in 1938 under FDR . Obama wants to raise it . Others , like Speaker Boehner , oppose it as costly to business . Greene : How do you feel about raising the minimum wage?