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Forum Post: Minimum Wage Jobs Leave Millions in Poverty

Posted 12 years ago on Sept. 29, 2011, 1:35 p.m. EST by anonrez (237)
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The mantra for both Republicans and Democrats right now is "Jobs, jobs, jobs!" But as this article points out, the mere creation of more jobs is not a panacea - especially when millions of people who are employed are not making enough to get by:

http://money.cnn.com/2011/09/27/news/economy/minimum_wage_jobs/index.htm

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[-] 2 points by ronimacarroni (1089) 12 years ago

Finally they're starting to get it. In fact there should be an equation to automatically raise minimum wage depending on the rate of inflation. Either that or we could go back to the gold standard and never have to worry about inflation ever again.

[-] 1 points by Peacefulmind (23) 12 years ago

"AWARENESS" is an important thing for people to have. Also "WHEN YOU CHANGE THE WAY YOU LOOK AT THINGS THE THINGS YOU LOOK AT CHANGE." A Yogi said this phrase to me, and please pass it on to your fellow Americans. KEEP PREACHING THE TRUTH FOR IT SHALL SET YOU FREE.