Claim: In the 1950s and 1960s, "the minimum wage was such that it would lift you out of poverty."
Fact-check: Jack Reed says the minimum wage of the 1950s and 1960s would lift a person out of poverty
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: C. Eugene Emery Jr.
Date published: 2014-06-15T00:00:00