Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Minimum Wage Increase

Goes up to $8 a hour today and $8.25 an hour next July. iw as struck by this comment from the article:

Jason Bourque, who owns Common Grounds coffee shop in Carbondale, said the increase will be tough for small business.

Bourque said, while he understands the need for people to make a decent living wage in a full time job, those are not the employees who come to work for him.

"When you primarily employ part-time employees, it's not a means of their lifestyle, it's extra money, say for college students," he said, before noting that a means of delineating that difference in wages would be desirable.


Guess that explains the people in their 60s working part time at McDonalds.

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