Mark Weisbrot: Raising the minimum wage would increase employment, help workers

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By Mark Weisbrot

Published: Sunday, Sept. 2 2012 12:00 a.m. MDT

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The federal minimum wage is just $7.25 an hour and hasn't been raised in three years. But a raise is much more overdue than that. If we look at the minimum wage 44 years ago, and simply adjust it for inflation, it would be more than $10 today.

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freedomingood

provo, Utah

He who has the gold makes the rules. That's the truth of the 'free market tm'. The tyranny of the rich is the norm.

Raise the minumum wage to $10.

5:49 p.m. Sept. 2, 2012
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Mark Weisbrot: Raising the minimum wage would increase employment, help workers

Strong investments in natural resources and infrastructure will help workers

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