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4lbs

(6,855 posts)
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 11:35 AM Mar 2016

California voters to decide on $15 minimum wage this November.

http://www.cbs8.com/story/31555525/voters-to-decide-on-a-minimum-wage-hike-in-california


March 24, 2016

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CBS 8/AP) — A proposal to raise California's minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2021 has qualified for the November ballot.

California's current minimum wage is among the highest in the nation at $10 an hour. The measure certified by the secretary of state Tuesday would raise it by $1 each of the next five years.
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Let's go CA!
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California voters to decide on $15 minimum wage this November. (Original Post) 4lbs Mar 2016 OP
I will vote for it. Agnosticsherbet Mar 2016 #1
Yes on 15! (or whatever the actual number is) KamaAina Mar 2016 #2
I think negative taxes are less risky Albertoo Mar 2016 #3
 

Albertoo

(2,016 posts)
3. I think negative taxes are less risky
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 01:48 PM
Mar 2016

A $15/hr minimum wage =$2500/mo.
There is a clear risk of cutting those without a HS diploma from employment:

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