The idea of one single national minimum wage, and failing to account for fifty different state variations, and probably over 300 urbanized area variations? That's what makes the minimum wage discussion a wasted effort.
There's no doubt that a Burger King in Queens, NY and a Burger King in Demopolis, Alabama....simply aren't of the same variety. One probably should have a set minimum wage of $8 to $8.50 an hour (starting pay). The other probably should have a set minimum wage of $15 to $18 an hour (starting pay).
So this whole discussion is a wasted effort? More or less.
It's like talking over minimum wage for Miami, and then talking about a small rural community sixty miles north of Miami....the wages simply can't be the same. Yet no one will stand there and admit this in public.
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