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Re:Chip wars: China, America and silicon supremacy by adventured on Saturday December 01, 2018 @01:03AM (#18575492)
$9 / hour, the cream of what crop? What in the world are you talking about?

Nationally Walmart is at $11, Target is at $12 and Amazon is at $15. Outside of convenience stores and fast food, increasingly that's your floor now.

Your $9 would actually be $30 / hour, at the absolute minimum. And you'd never get enough employees.

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Re:Chip wars: China, America and silicon supremacy by thrower123 on Monday December 03, 2018 @10:08PM (#18595759)
$9 an hour gets you better than average wages in a lot of places.

I was getting 12 as a qualified heavy equipment operator not not long ago.

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