The Bostonist is so last year. At a minimum.
The Bostonist dives into the minimum wage debate, spurred on by Senator Ted Kennedy’s outburst on the Senate floor:
As for arguments against an increase in the minimum wage, which hasn’t risen nationally in 10 years, all Bostonist can say is you try to live on $5.15 an hour for a week, especially in a state as expensive as Massachusetts. Massachusetts minimum wage is $6.75 an hour, which is higher than the national rate.
I’d like to thank the Bostonist for pointing out that $6.75 is higher than $5.15. I’m sure the Bostonist will thank me for pointing out that the minimum wage in Massachusetts rate is $7.50 per hour, which the Bostonist would have known had its writer clicked on the link she embedded.
In spite of my general free-marketeerism, I don’t particularly mind raising the federal minimum wage from its current level.
