Minimum wage increase from $7.25 to $9.00 per hour

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That's about right for now.

As someone who has begun searching for employment, $7.25 an hour seems okay to me. However, as I will eventually need to pay for my own house, car, etc. $7.25 is not enough to survive.

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But it's not nearly enough for a teenager looking to save for college.

Exactly. And this ties into the fact that it costs tens of thousands of dollars to attend just one year of college (which is really time consuming) and kids are expected to get jobs that only pay about a quarter of that in a year.

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Why do you assume your wage will be permanently frozen at $7.25 or whatever the prevailing minimum wage is?

Because generally it is. My mom has been working as a secretary for 10+ years at just over minimum wage and has not gotten a raise in 5 years.

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Economic stats>An anectdote

That's a pretty rude thing to say.

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Edit: 20RP12, if anecdotal evidence and "that's not nice" are the best arguments you have, you may want to rethink your position.

It's not 'anecdotal evidence' and "that's not nice" it's me telling a story that's true for millions and millions of Americans and you rejecting it as 'just one instance' simply because I used it as a personal story rather than a broad declaration of fact.

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For the millionth time, non minimum wage plus guaranteed minimum income is the way to go.

That's a lot more socialist sounding than having a $9.00/h minimum wage.