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Originally Posted by dan88911
The minimum wage should have reached $21.72 an hour in 2012 if it kept up with increases in worker productivity, according to a March study by the Center for Economic and Policy Research. While advancements in technology have increased the amount of goods and services that can be produced in a set amount of time, wages have remained relatively flat, the study points out.....
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Well there ya go... It's not the workers who are more productive; it's the machines.
Just look at elevator operators - their productivity has gone thru the roof.