Can you live on the minimum wage?
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- Feb 10, 2014
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After we announced plans last July for our initiated measure to raise the minimum wage, KELO’s Don Jorgenson went to Hansen County, the county with the lowest cost of living in the entire country, and asked folks if they could live on minimum wage there.
Last week, the New York Times put together a very compelling infographic to show just how hard it is to survive on minimum wage. Play around with it. It becomes very clear very quickly that even a single adult who works full time at minimum wage would struggle to make ends meet.
Is it any wonder then why newspapers across the country are speaking on behalf of raising the minimum wage?
KansasGive American workers a reasonable raiseKansas City Star // Editorial
MichiganTo reward work, increase the minimum wageHolland Sentinel // Editorial
CaliforniaRaise the minimum wageLA Times // Editorial
New MexicoMinimum wage hike good for NMAlbuquerque Journal// Editorial
NebraskaMinimum wageStar Herald // Editorial
ConnecticutMove now to improve minimum wageNew Haven Register // Editorial
PennsylvaniaSupport for a living wageYork Dispatch // Editorial
MassachusettsEditorial: The case for higher wagesThe Metro West Daily News// Editorial Board
FloridaMinimum wage hike aids economyFlorida Today // Rhonda Abrahams
TexasIt’s time to raise the minimum wageThe Humble Observer// Patty Pinkley Humble Area Democrats
IdahoThe Value of Increasing the Minimum WageTimes-News// Melinda Henneberger
AlaskaRaising Alaska’s minimum wage is a common sense decisionAlaska Dispatch // Carey Restino
ColoradoHigher pay helps the economyDenver Post // Don Marostica OpEd
WashingtonRaise wages to reduce racial income inequalityThe Seattle Times // Gerald Hankerson OpEd
College graduates need the minimum wage to riseThe Seattle Times // Sandi Halimuddin OpEd
OhioU.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown: Minimum-wage hike will help economyCincinnati Enquirer // Sen. Sherrod Brown OpEd
IowaMinimum wage no longer fairThe Gazette // Rep. Bruce Braley OpEd
Low minimum wage bad for women, businessGlobe Gazette // Sherry Stewart Deutschmann OpEd
WisconsinThe need to increase the minimum wage is pressingRacine Journal Times // State Rep. Cory Mason OpEd
Minimum wage hike? Boost pay and the economyMilwaukee Journal Sentinel // Michael Wilder and Rosalynn Wolfe OpEd
MinnesotaTimes Writers Group: Raise minimum wage, work in justiceSC Times // Times Writers Group OpEd
TexasHigher minimum wage would help economy, workersThe Daily Toreador // Jakob Reynolds OpEd