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   From: Intelligent@savetheworldmsn.com   
      
   THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE, SHOULD BE $10-$20, NATIONWIDE, DEPENDING ON THE   
   COUNTY:   
      
   United States per capita GDP varies,   
   from $31,881 in Mississippi, to $65,545 in Massachusetts:   
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territorie   
   _by_GDP_per_capita   
      
   Miss. at $31,881 * 65% = $20,722.65/2080hours = $9.96/hr under this parameter.   
   Mass. at $65,545 * 65% = $42,604.25/2080hours = $20.48/hr under this parameter.   
      
   Within the 3,000 Counties, the per capita GDP disparity, may be even greater,   
   than   
   between the States.   
      
   Underemployment masks true unemployment.   
      
   Take 1-2 years to raise, so as not to shock.   
      
      
   $15/hr would be too high in Mississippi, and too low in Massachusetts.   
   $15/hr * 2080hours = $31,200, which would be 97.86% of per capita GDP in   
   Mississippi, and 47.60% of per capita GDP in Massachusetts.   
      
   Trump and Hilary discussed raising the minimum wage in debate in 2016, Trump   
   said   
   65% of per capita GDP, Hilary said $12 per hour.  Trump and Biden just   
   discussed   
   it in debate Oct 22.  Biden says $15, Trump says $15 would be ruinous in some   
   Counties.   
      
      
   Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee, have no minimum   
   wage, but the Federal of $7.25/hr = $15,080/yr   
      
   $15,080 = 47.3% per capita GDP in Mississippi, 23% per capita GDP in   
   Massachusetts.   
      
      
   A low minimum wage is apparently correlated with a higher State prison   
   population:   
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage_in_the_United_States   
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territorie   
   _by_incarceration_and_correctional_supervision_rate   
      
   The punishment for crime in each of the 50 U.S. States, is generally slavery.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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