I hate figures like that in the first post.

The only people that get minimum wage are kids just starting. The percentage of adults that earn min must be incredibly small.

Besides in CT at least the state has set the minimum at $7.40. So you would make $18,870 if you worked 50 hours a week and took one week off a year.

But anyone with the slightest bit of brain cells working gets $10 an hour. Using the same math thats $25,500 a year. Not enough to raise a family but enough for a single person to live off of.

Most people at least in my area with a touch of skill gets more. Your basic boat yard worker (unskilled) with only a highschool eduacation gets about $15 an hour. $38k a year, if the wife works as well you are up to almost $80k a year.

I say let the market set the rate.

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