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My two kids both worked their way through High School, and they ALWAYS made more than minimum wage.

My son started at Boston Chicken (Market) making $7.50 and after a few months it was upped to $8.50. (and this was in the mid 1990s)

My daughter worked several jobs at the local Mall, in clothing stores such as Abracombie & Fitch, each time making about $8 an hour, plus benefits in one case.

So this entire minimum wage thing is so bogus.

In fact, I dont even know anybody who has EVER made minimum wage.

The minimum wage has nothing to do with the "bottom" end. It has to do with the other employees.

For example, in Missouri, the Min wage went to 6.50. My entry level employees make 5.75. Every year, they get a 3% raise, roughly 25c/hour. So I have 3 employees with me over 2 years making 6.25. Then, BAM

Now, thanks to the thoughtfulness of MO voters, I am forced to raise entry level to 6.50, valuing them HIGHER than people that have been with me for 2 years.

So I have to raise my 2 year employees to $7.00 and my Manager to 8.50 to keep them proportionate, even though they are NOT worth that rate (otherwise I would have been paying that).

So, I get the same productivity for more cost. I'm in a business where I can't raise prices, so I have to either absorb $3500 a year, or fire somebody, which I did. And the poor SOB said to me, "Can't I just work for you for the rate you had me at?"

That's the reality.

In fact, I dont even know anybody who has EVER made minimum wage.

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Hello my name is Chip and I made the minimum wage for about two months while I was in high school 10 years ago.