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27. If you follow the links in the OP (to Mother Jones and the NY Times)

Tue Mar 17, 2015, 02:42 PM

Mar 2015

you will see both mention that it is full-time minimum wage workers' earnings being discussed. The Times's article cites a BLS number of 1.03 million full-timers at minimum wage.

You are correct that there are many more minimum wage workers if all part-timers and full-timers are counted.

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