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Which would be a higher minimum wage, specially if 'livable' means that one should be able to afford a house, and afford to pay for a live-at-home spouse and at least 2 or 3 children, two cars, and an annual month-long vacation to anywhere in the world. Some of this was possible in the US in the '50s and '60s, though many people had mortgages.