Dec 10, 2013 ... During his speech calling for wage hikes, Obama claimed the minimum wage, “in  real terms right now is below where it was when Harry Truman was in office.” Yet  the non-partisan site PolitiFact.com found Obama's claim applied to just one year  of Truman's eight-year presidency (the sixth year, 1950).
Dec 5, 2013 ... “That's why it's well past the time to raise a minimum wage that, in real terms right  now, is below where it was when Harry Truman was in office,” he said. During his  State of the Union address this year, Obama unveiled a proposal that would raise  the minimum wage to $9 an hour. He has since thrown his ...
Dec 29, 2013 ... Earlier this month, the President said in a speech that it's "well past the time to  raise the minimum wage that in real terms right now is below where it was when  Harry Truman was in office." Wage wars: The fight for higher pay. But such  legislation has a bleaker outlook if it reaches the Republican-led House ...
Dec 5, 2013 ... "That's why it's well past the time to raise a minimum wage that, in real terms right  now, is below where it was when Harry Truman was in office." He added: "I'm  going to keep pushing until we get a higher minimum wage for hardworking  Americans across the entire country. It will be good for our economy.
Dec 7, 2013 ... In Obama's speech, he stated that, “it's well past the time to raise a minimum  wage that in real terms right now is below where it was when Harry Truman was  in office.” He acknowledged that many resist the idea of mandating a wage above  the current $7.25 an hour. “We all know the arguments that have ...
The minimum wage "in real terms right now is below where it was when Harry Truman was in office."