healthmyths
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We hear this threat every time they raise the minimum wage
It never happens
It also sounds kind of questionable, as only 3% of the workforce actually works for the minimum wage.
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics... Tables 1 - 10; Characteristics of Minimum Wage Workers: 2011
[*]16 years and over -- 73,926,000 -- total at or below minimum wage - 3,829,000 as % of population 5.2%
[*]16 to 24 years -- 14,436,000 -- total at or below minimum wage -- 1,896,000 as % of population 2.56%
[*]25 years and over -- 59,490,000 -- total at or below minimum wage -- 1,933,000 as % of population 2.61%
2.5% of kids under 24 who had NO skills,etc....
All for 2.6% of the working population over 25 then????