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Economy
21 states to boost minimum wage in January
2014-12-28
[CBSNEWS] The minimum wage is set to increase in 21 states in the new year, benefiting more than 3.1 million workers, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
... 20% of whom will quietly lose their jobs, never to be replaced. This result will be unexpected.
After the new wages go into effect, 29 states and the District of Columbia will have minimum wages higher than the federal minimum of $7.25. Washington state's new minimum wage $9.47 per hour will be the highest in the nation.

In Washington and eight other states (Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, Ohio and Oregon) the minimum wage is rising simply due to annual adjustments required by state law. In four states (Alaska, Arkansas, Nebraska and South Dakota), voters approved ballot measures in 2014 to increase the minimum wage. In seven other states (Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont and West Virginia), politicians approved wage increases. Additionally, politicians in New York approved a wage increase that will go into effect on December 31, 2014.
Posted by:Fred

#11  And those Donk oligarchs of Silicon Valley couldn't be happier.

Please use the proper term. Obamagarchs.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2014-12-28 23:37  

#10  ...I believe that's covered in the Common Core curriculum of DoE.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-12-28 21:13  

#9  While we are at it, let's require pi equal three, exactly. Much better.
Posted by: KBK   2014-12-28 19:49  

#8  Politicians make the productivity you must achieve in order to be employed even less attainable, rejoice peon.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2014-12-28 17:50  

#7  When the low wage earners are replaced by cheaper robots... what then?

Posted by: DarthVader   2014-12-28 16:55  

#6  In related news: Kiosks replacing entry level service workers in 21 states. (Headline likely never to be printed by the complicit media)
Posted by: OldSpook   2014-12-28 15:29  

#5  Another way of rewarding the mandatory hire of illegals decreed by the Plantation Party.

And those Donk oligarchs of Silicon Valley couldn't be happier.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-12-28 08:46  

#4  Boost minimum wage & amnesty illegal immigration---do I sense a pattern?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2014-12-28 08:43  

#3  benefiting more than 3.1 million workers

.....but not for long.

On the upside: Fewer taxpayers should make the IRS's job much easier, less costly [but it won't]. Carbon pollution around 'fast food' establishments will be reduced as they are shuttered and the lines of 'people too lazy to cook' disappear. Computer Kiosk's replaces store clerks as retail stores downsize to [Sears Catalog store style] on-line malls.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-12-28 04:31  

#2  'Way to go progressives - outlawing tiers of jobs for the lowest skilled workers in your states.
Posted by: Lone Ranger   2014-12-28 02:12  

#1  Exponential increase in automation to follow.
Posted by: Pappy   2014-12-28 01:18  

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