6-4-15 But do you know where in the United States the minimum wage started? IN 2:00

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1. Getting vertigo just looking at that.

I cannot believe there are people that would do that job!

I saw a fascinating special on TLC, back when it was The Learning Channel & not The Trash Channel.

It was about how sky scrapers only became a reality when they figured out how to get elevators up that high. The engineers had already figured out the building specifics, but because they didn't have elevators that could reach that high, they couldn't build the buildings. Fascinating stuff.





Here is a map of the hourly wage needed in each state to pay rent on a 2 bedroom apartment:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/01/minimum-wage-apartment-hourly-salary-housing-costs_n_7472472.html

$20 an hour for Colorado.