ack. it's early. I meant to post this to an existing thread.

[lynne]

12. You're right. Heck, I'm worried about what the $9. proposal -

- will do to the non-profit I work for. Budgets are determined far in advance and much of what we have to work with is contributions and grants. We have quite a few part-time positions - most of which are held by students - that pay a little over $8. per hour. We have no "wiggle room" in our budget and I fear what will happen is that we will cut back part-time worker hours and use our volunteers to make up the difference in work load.

There is a segment of workers that will either lose jobs or see a reduction in work hours and income whenever there is an increase in the minimum wage. It's always been that way and I've seen it before. Unfortunately, it usually is those who can least afford it. I guess you can call them "collateral damage".