Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates "Abolish the Minimum Wage" at DC’s The Burke Theater at U.S. Navy Memorial, April 3rd

Washington, DC—March 20, 2013-- On Wednesday, April 3, Intelligence Squared U.S. (IQ2US) returns to the hub of policy, Washington, DC for a pop-up debate, “Abolish the Minimum Wage” at The Burke Theater. The first attempt at establishing a national minimum wage, a part of 1933’s sweeping National Industrial Recovery Act, was struck down by the Supreme Court in 1935. But in 1938, under the Fair Labor Standards Act, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law a minimum hourly wage of 25 cents—$4.07 in today’s dollars. Three-quarters of a century later, we are still debating the merits of