Friday, April 13, 2012

Minimum Wages

Go to this Political Calculations website to see Bureau of Labor Statistics data about which age groups earn minimum wages. Consistently over the past five years half of all minimum wage earners were 24 or younger.

This strikes me as exactly who we want earning minimum wages - students working part-time to earn pocket money. And it sends the right message to young people: without education you won't earn much, stay in school, get a degree.