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$15 minimum wage permits few luxuries in US cities

By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP
Published June 3, 2014 11:02pm ET
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$15 minimum wage permits few luxuries in US cities
SEATTLE (AP) — A $15 minimum wage like the one adopted in Seattle doesn’t buy many luxuries in most American cities. Lattes, theater tickets and cable television will still be out of reach for most minimum-wage workers. But about $31,000 a year should be enough to pay the average rent for a shared one-bedroom apartment, […]

SEATTLE (AP) — A $15 minimum wage like the one adopted in Seattle doesn’t buy many luxuries in most American cities.

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