and scott nash is not alone. in fact, mr. president, we're celebrating a really important centennial this year, a centennial of one of the smartest things an american employer ever did and i'm going to read you a quote. "after the success at a moving assembly line, henry ford had another transformative idea. in january 1914, he startled the world by announcing that the ford motor company would pay $5 a day to its workers. the pay increase would be accompanied also by a shorter workday, from 9 to 8 hours. while this rate didn't automatically apply to every worker, it more than doubled the average auto worker's wage." while henry's primary object i have was to reduce worker attrition, newspapers from all over the world reported the story as an extraordinary gesture of goodwill. here's the important part. "henry ford had reasoned that since it was now possible to build inexpensive cars in volume, more of them could be sold if employees could afford to buy them. a $5-a-day helped better the lot of all american workers and contrib