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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts) Tue Jul 30, 2013, 12:36 PM Jul 2013

No one should feel exploited like this..

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No one should feel exploited like this.. (Original Post) Playinghardball Jul 2013 OP

I'm not sure I understand why minimum wage shouldn't be determined regionally somehow.. pipoman Jul 2013 #1

pipoman

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1. I'm not sure I understand why minimum wage shouldn't be determined regionally somehow..

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Tue Jul 30, 2013, 01:36 PM

Jul 2013

a system similar to the one used by the military to determine BAH maybe..

The problem is that with the vastly different cost of living from one area to another, those living in areas where a 1 bedroom apartment costs $1000 are always tempered by those areas where a 1 bedroom apartment is $400..

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