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Gigabiting
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Having fulfilled one of my life's ambitions by starting a food blog, I have turned my attention to another- figuring out how to make a living with the blog. . you can visit me at www.gigabiting.com

JUNE 15, 2012 1:18PM

YOU Try Living on $2.13 an Hour

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  If you thought that the federal minimum wage was rock bottom on the pay scale, think again. There’s something called the subminimum wage for tipped restaurant workers, and it’s a staggeringly stingy $2.13. It’s no big surprise that poverty [...]

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It is a tough industry. And this subminimum wage simply MUST get raised, period.
Thank you for this report.
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