Chicago politicians want to make our minimum wage 10 dollars an hour!

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Arcturus said:

spurgeonryan said:

sales2099 said:
Canada has been 10.25 for a couple years now. What is the wage in the US now?

I think this really only applies to teenagers. Anybody with any education with a job probably makes more then minimum.

I have three degrees and years of experience in stuff. I now make minimum wage. Thank Obama. Also I think its 8 something here. Actually I work nights so I make a dollar more.

You can't be serious.

There was an article just recently that said that I belive it was 40% of college graduates are working in a job that does not require a college degree.

Now later in that profession through promotions and/or to get promoted you might need that degree.  They might also not hire unless you have a degree for that reason.  But most college graduates are over qualified for their jobs.

Then you take into the current economy and you have some people wokring minimum wage because there is no jobs in their field.  There are a few people I know that are like 45 years old that are working right now at menards or home depot at basically minimum wage.  They have degrees, but they lost their jobs due to economy and haven't gotten new ones yet.