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Originally Posted by sequoias
By law in Washington state, ALL non-farm jobs are paid at the minimum wage of $7.63 per hour or higher as of 2006.
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Under the Republican bill, restaurant owners are allowed some kind of credit, to get the money back for paying their waiters $7.63. So, the owners really only pay like $2.15 whilst the taxpayers pay the rest of the waiter's salaries. I think it is a pretty unfair system where taxpayers would pay for the services of diners eating out. I would prefer tips because it is the customers themselves, not taxpayers, who foots the bill.
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