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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Employment often benefits from a higher wage floor. | A couple of weeks ago, I pondered what would happen to the unemployment rate if Congress raises the federal minimum wage. My guess: very little. And now for you readers with a stomach for numbers, I&#8217;ve got more data lined up in support of my case. State experiences show that, if anything, raising a state minimum wage actually correlates to better employment performance than the country as a whole. That actually surprised me a bit. Here&#8217;s how it breaks...]]></description>
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