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Old 02-18-2013, 07:20 AM  
slapass
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Originally Posted by woj View Post
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
C is probably because they are all over in the oil patch of Montana and N Dakota. Anyone with a drivers license from Idaho or Wyoming can get hired immediately.
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