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Originally posted by reconmike
I do not really know about the rest of the country, but here in Jersey burger flippers are already making $7+ an hour while laborers are making $8 to start.
There is work out there that requires no skill that will pay better than minimum wage, they just have to look.
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It's not too often that I do, but I have to agree with reconmike. The wages that he's quoted are about on target for the Omaha area, as well. I don't know of too many jobs, these days, that are still minimum wage. Although, to be fair, it's been 24 years since I, myself, earned minimum wage...at 3.10 an hour. When I started working, it was 2.90 per hour.
Any raise in the minimum wage just excuses price hikes by manufacturers and retailers. And unless I receive a similar pay hike (not likely), then my buying power is diminished.