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CrispyQ

(40,887 posts)
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Thu Dec 17, 2020, 12:18 PM
Dec 2020

The federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour hasn't gone up since 2009. Too many people think that teenagers fill most of the minimum wage jobs when that isn't true at all.

This is a little dated, but it's a good article.

Low-wage Workers Are Older Than You Think
88 Percent of Workers Who Would Benefit From a Higher Minimum Wage Are Older Than 20, One Third Are Over 40

https://www.epi.org/publication/wage-workers-older-88-percent-workers-benefit/

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+1 CrispyQ Dec 2020 #8
No shit, Sherlock. CrispyQ Dec 2020 #7
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