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The Poor are Getting Poorer.

Is It Time to Raise the Minimum Wage?: Income inequality is here to stay, unless something radical changes that will give working class families a larger slice of the pie. Ref. Source 6

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Time to fight for a minimum wage increase:

The federal minimum wage is now $7.25 cents an hour, about $15,080 for a full time, year round worker. Poverty wages offend both justice and common sense. It is time to raise the floor Ref. Source 4

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The great minimum wage debate: Obama's proposal will impact economy

In his recent State of the Union address, President Obama called for increasing the minimum wage to $9 per hour. Ref. Source 3

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Will the real minimum wage worker please stand up?

Since Obama's proposal to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $9.00, there has been considerable debate. Ref. Source 6

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40% Of Americans Now Make Less Than 1968 Minimum Wage:

The minimum wage would be $16.50 an hour - $33,000 a year - if it had kept up with the growth of productivity since 1968. To put the effect of this a different way, 40% of Americans now make less than the 1968 minimum wage, had the minimum wage kept pace with productivity gains. Ref. Source 3

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Massachusetts State Senators Approve Nation's Highest Minimum Wage:

The Massachusetts state Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that would raise the state's minimum wage to $11 an hour and ensure future automatic increases tied to inflation. If it were to pass the state House and be signed into law by the governor, it would be the highest state minimum wage in the country. Ref. Source 2

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Major restaurants move to automation amid minimum wage hike push

As pressure has been growing to hike the minimum wage, President Obama is now taking up the cause. Ref. Source 4

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Raising The Minimum Wage To $10.10 Could Lift Nearly 5 Million Out Of Poverty:

Poverty increased by 3.4 percent during the recession, a rate that has not improved since, but a $10.10 wage would erase more than half of that uptick. Dube's findings come from an analysis of 23 years of data on minimum wage increases as well as a review of previous findings. Ref. Source 8