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RAISE THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE TO BE 65%; OF EACH OF THE 3,000 COUNTY'S, PER CAPITA GDP'S:

United States per capita GDP varies,
from $31,881 in Mississippi, to $65,545 in Massachusetts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_GDP_per_capita

Miss. at $31,881 * 65% = $20,722.65/2080hours = $9.96/hr under this parameter. Mass. at $65,545 * 65% = $42,604.25/2080hours = $20.48/hr under this parameter.

Within the 3,000 Counties, the per capita GDP disparity, may be even greater, than
between the States.

Underemployment masks true unemployment.

Take 1-2 years to raise, so as not to shock.


$15/hr would be too high in Mississippi, and too low in Massachusetts.
$15/hr * 2080hours = $31,200, which would be 97.86% of per capita GDP in Mississippi, and 47.60% of per capita GDP in Massachusetts.

Trump and Hilary discussed raising the minimum wage in debate in 2016, Trump said
65% of per capita GDP, Hilary said $12 per hour. Trump and Biden just discussed
it in debate Oct 22. Biden says $15, Trump says $15 would be ruinous in some Counties.


Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee, have no minimum wage, but the Federal of $7.25/hr = $15,080/yr

$15,080 = 47.3% per capita GDP in Mississippi, 23% per capita GDP in Massachusetts.


A low minimum wage is apparently correlated with a higher State prison population:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_incarceration_and_correctional_supervision_rate

The punishment for crime in each of the 50 U.S. States, is generally slavery.

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