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To: miraje who wrote (192254)	1/9/2007 11:27:24 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793652

It's small businesses, such as corner cafes, that are really going to get screwed. A controlled experiment Marginal Revolution blog By Tyler Cowen on Current Affairs Average wage in Northern Mariana: About half the U.S. federal minimum wage Current plans of the Democratic Congress: Raise the U.S. minimum wage to $7.25, and apply that raise to Northern Mariana, although maybe not to American Samoa.

To: miraje who wrote (192254)	1/9/2007 12:06:22 PM
From: MulhollandDrive	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793652

n the surface, it looked like just bumping it up a dollar an hour from the current $5.15 per hour, but the fine print kicker was to permanently peg it at a buck an hour higher than the the federal rate, with yearly COLA additions as well. It's going to almost double the minimum wage, at least in this state, when the feds pass the national increase. what the hell were nevadans thinking when they passed that? oh wait... i know.......... Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods. H. L. Mencken