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>He's saying the fact that Illinois is gradually ramping to a $15 statewide minimum is not evidence that a $15 minimum is nationally appropriate, because the ec
by rhino369 7y ago
>He's saying the fact that Illinois is gradually ramping to a $15 statewide minimum is not evidence that a $15 minimum is nationally appropriate, because the economy of Illinois is not the same as the economy of Kansas or Wyoming.
Plus, its not even $15 dollars yet. It's $8.25 right now. You can't even get illegal immigrants to work for that under the table in rural Illinois.
But I have doubts whether the entire state economy can handle $15 dollars. A lot of Illinois is poorer than Des Moines.
- microcolonel 7y ago> A lot of Illinois is poorer than Des Moines. I think they hope the poors and the rurals will move out to seek employment, at least, that's the impression I get from some Illinoisans.
- tptacek 7y agoI don't know what this even means and have never heard anyone in Illinois refer to "the poors" or "the rurals".