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Originally Posted by mineistaken
Wyoming only 5.15$, thats way bellow any other state. Whats going on there, do they have benefits of that, like attracting businesses because of low wage?
This number 5.15$ is really out of line, whats the story behind it?
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a. it probably means that minimum wage hasn't been raised for 20 years
b. it doesn't mean that people actually work for that much
c. benefit is that it results in one of the lowest unemployment rates in the whole country: 4.9%, source:
www.bls.gov/web/laus/laumstrk.htm
d. they have lowest number of welfare recipients in the entire country, source:
http://www.statemaster.com/graph/eco...tal-recipients