The editors at Bloomberg have a good op-ed calling for the federal government to raise the pathetically low minimum wage. From Bloomberg: Here’s an unhappy observation about the minimum wage: Congress last increased the rate in stages in 2006, topping it out at $7.25 an hour in 2009, or $15,080 a year. That amount, when adjusted [...]
We Should Raise the Minimum Wage |
| By: Jon Walker Tuesday April 17, 2012 11:14 am |



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