The minimum wage in the United States is $7.25. In comparison, Washington’s minimum wage is $16.28 per hour and California’s minimum wage is $16.00 an hour. Oregon’s minimum wage depends where you live. The standard minimum wage is $14.20. The Portland Metro minimum wage is $15.45 and the non-urban counties minimum wage is $13.20. Starting...
I hope economists follow this up. The Chicago school theory states that this should help only minimally and at worst increases unemployment which leads to all kinds of bad things.