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Old Jan 5, 2007 | 09:21 PM
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Minimum wage?
What exactly is minimum wage now???

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Old Jan 5, 2007 | 09:24 PM
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It's different all over the place.
In Alberta,it's about $7.20 but minimum wage these days doesn't mean anything.

People are so hard up for people to work for them they are offering $4-$5 an hour OVER mimimum wage.
 
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Old Jan 5, 2007 | 10:06 PM
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6.50 here in IL I think
 
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It's $9.14 per hour here, but the average cost of a house is around a "billion" dollars, though; give or take a sawbuck
 
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Ohio is now $6.85 & PA is now $6.25
 
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I think Ontario's at $6.85. Not sure if it's been upped to $7.15 yet like it's supposed to



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I'm not sure when it takes effect, but the wage just voted in here in missouri is 6.50

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9 bucks an hr in cali, Thats nuts
 
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Its the equivelant of about US$11 here... but most jobs are paying AT LEAST 4 or 5 dollars over that.

And I reckon we could give Cali's house prices a run for thier money (no pun intended)
 
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Originally Posted by Mil1ion
It's different all over the place.
In Alberta,it's about $7.20 but minimum wage these days doesn't mean anything.

People are so hard up for people to work for them they are offering $4-$5 an hour OVER mimimum wage.
HE MEANS IN THE USA...the House just changed it
 
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Should be dependant on skill level. If you're a slobbering dunderhead with no skills then a buck an hour for you.
 
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It's $5.15/hr. now nationally. The proposals were to get it up to $7-7.50 in two jumps over a couple years. Around here, though, I think even the fast food joints are paying that starting out due to the low unemployment.

Minimum wage does tend to take us out of a reward system.

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Originally Posted by jroehl
It's $5.15/hr. now nationally. The proposals were to get it up to $7-7.50 in two jumps over a couple years. Around here, though, I think even the fast food joints are paying that starting out due to the low unemployment.

Minimum wage does tend to take us out of a reward system.

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Thank you, jroehl...You just explained in 4 sentences how the free market works........Now if only they'd actually allow it to work. The minimum wage issue is a non-issue.
 
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Correct about free markets and minimum wage.

Minimum wage is an employer's way of telling you "well, you're worth less, but the government won't let us."
 
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I heard that minimum wage workers account for about .5% (point five percent; one half of one percent) of the work force here in the U.S.
 
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