CNN CNN Newsroom With Carol Costello December 23, 2014 15:56:00
Wages in general have not been rising and so even if the economy has recovered, randi, wages have not been raising. in washington they haven't been able to raise the federal minimum wage so states are doing it instead. >> so you look at the minimum wage going up in states, how does it compare with the rest of the world? >> the federal minimum wage is $7.25. denmark -- much higher taxes -- but in denmark $20 an hour. germany $10, france $11.66. all industrializations with a lot higher minimum wages than the united states. and when you adjust the united states minimum wage in the u.s. for inflat...
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