I don't understand why they call it minimum wage.
You CAN'T live on minimum wage.. $4.75 @ 40 hours a week is only $570 a month..
Most apartments cost just about that in rent. How are you supposed to pay for electricity, phone, and food?
Raise it.
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I don't even know if 4.75 is still the minimum... I tried searching google but it came up blank.