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Santa Fe's Minimum Wage.....$9.50
May 15, 2006Although the federal minimum wage is still below $6 an hour...Santa Fe has mandated that any buisness with more than 25 employees offers a substantially higher bottom line.
And it's not stopping there....plans to raise it to $10.50 an hour are in place for 2008.
I may have to move.
Nevermind that Santa Fe is becoming one of the most expensive places to live in the country. The median house is more than $400,000 (the national average is about $275,000).
Here's the article in USA today. Santa Fe Wages
Could be good...could be bad. Who knows.
I think that this could help some of the illegal immigration problems. Most of the whites don't want the dirty grungy jobs that the hispanic immigrants are willing to do. Maybe if we pay more for dishwashers, roofers and the like, those jobs won't be so readily available for illegals.
Maybe Santa Fe isn't all that crazy after all.
Posted by Jason Palmer at 01:49 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
