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ashling

(25,771 posts) Wed Jun 26, 2013, 06:26 AM Jun 2013

Who works for minimum wage?

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Who works for minimum wage? (Original Post) ashling Jun 2013 OP

Or, as some people call them, people who are not primary bread winners. Mass Jun 2013 #1

K&R. nt raccoon Jun 2013 #2

Mass

(27,315 posts)

1. Or, as some people call them, people who are not primary bread winners.

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Wed Jun 26, 2013, 06:33 AM

Jun 2013

This is probably what gets me the most in these discussions about minimum wage: the contention that only kids with summer or first jobs earn minimum wage (or wives who have raised their children and are bored) and that therefore this is not an important issue when it comes to standard of living.

raccoon

(31,111 posts)

2. K&R. nt

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Wed Jun 26, 2013, 07:59 AM

Jun 2013

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