And also, 70% of minimum wage earners are over 20. 50% are full-time. 60% have worked at their business for more than a year. 70% are non-student. 75% are high school graduates.
So the idea that minimum wage is intended for the high-school student working part-time at his first job at McDonald's isn't reality. Maybe they should have accounted for that, but that is very much the minority of minimum wage earners.
|