Cartoon: Minimum wage

Despite what some political rhetoricians say, 85% of minimum wage earners are older than teenagers, and a majority are women, many with children.

I canat fathom living on minimum wage, probably because, well, you canat.  Cheap/subsidized labor is great for employersa bottom lines though.

Matt Davies is Newsdays Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist.

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