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" Liberals are more generous than conservatives... with our money. They use higher taxes (and welfare programs such as the minimum wage) to help get re-elected. "

" If you're sick after reading this article about the minimum wage only going up a quarter, read some of the other articles about people in Iowa and Illinois who are cleaning up after the flood waters . . . they have reason to complain!!!!!!
Pls. put it all in perspective . . . "

" Holy smokes, I'll be celebrating this wage increase. It's going to be nothing but name-brand ketchup for me from now on. Hunt's, mind you, not enough money for Heinz yet. I told the wife I had a surprise for the family when I got home, and I wasn't kidding: chewable vitamins for the kids. I can now plan for my retirement by investing in in higher-yield scratch-ticket games offered by the Lottery. With the economic stimulus this wage increase is providing, I saw the dollar store was sold out of flip-flops and the stiffer kind of paper plates. "

" So, if minimum wage goes up, will bigger companies raise the wages of their wage-hour employees to offset the cost as living as well? Say I make $8.50/hour...should my wage-hour go up 25 cents as well? Or will I soon be included under minimum wage? "

" To talker, once you get that quarter raise, take note of the price of everything around you. They will go up so those on min. wage will be right where they were before. "

" This is a pointless gesture on the part of the state. As a business owner, i have to pay my employees a quarter more an hour. so does everyone else. and they pass that increase onto the consumer, you and me. if i make a quarter an hour more, yet have to pay more money everywhere i to to buy anything, where is the increase in my wages? there isn't one. Instead of raising the wage, the state should be doing what it can to control the costs if takes to do business in this state. The Federal Government should be doing the same. "

" A small raise, but it comes at a bad time. It will only add to inflationary pressures, and lead to more layoffs. "

" bngurl - the state of Illinois isn't paying for your raise, so it's not them being 'generous', it's them forcing your employer to be 'generous'... better watch out, your job might not be worth another quarter. "

" “This makes Illinois a national leader in raising wages for low-income workers,” said Anjali Julka, spokeswoman for the state Department of Labor.

It also makes it less likely that minimum-wage earners will get a job to begin with, Anjali. But who cares, right? "

" about time they give us enough to meet the gas prices rising aling with everything else going up. "

" Wow a whole quarter. The state of illinois is being too generous! (yes i am being sarcastic) "