Above a minimum amount of wage income seniors lost 50 cents of benefits for every dollar of earnings.

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Then social security would have one single monthly benefit amount for everyone who draws it, possibly equal to the amount a minimum wage earner makes.

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The law mandated a minimum 25-cent-per-hour wage, in addition to setting the maximum amount of hours most employees could work per week at 44.

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