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<font size="+1">With respect to financial equity and social justice,
this is a good move for most people.<br>
<br>
However, let us not forget that the largest agricultural producer
in America is California.<br>
<br>
Let's say an agriculture worker gets $18,000 per year or $9.00 per
hour. Over the next six years, that goes up to $15.00 per hour,
or $30,000 per year. What will be the result?<br>
<br>
The result will be higher food prices for all that wonderful
diversity that is shipped northward and eastward to us.<br>
<br>
Perhaps we will find that our own annual Farmers' Market will
become even more interesting than it is already.<br>
<br>
Food inflation -- soon to arrive at a shopping list near you.<br>
<br>
<br>
Ken<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/1/2016 5:49 AM, Tom Hansen wrote:<br>
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<div>Courtesy of <i>KTLA News</i> (Los Angeles) at:</div>
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<div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://ktla.com/2016/03/31/historic-minimum-wage-measure-passes-california-assembly/">http://ktla.com/2016/03/31/historic-minimum-wage-measure-passes-california-assembly/</a></div>
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sans-serif; line-height: 56px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);
text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-size: 55px;
word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">California
Legislature Approves Plan to Increase Minimum Wage to $15</h1>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 32px;"><span
style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In a move
that puts the state at the forefront of efforts to raise
wages for low-income workers across the country, state
lawmakers approved a sweeping plan Thursday to raise the
minimum wage to $15 an hour over the next six years, a move
that will boost the paychecks of millions of workers in
California.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 32px;"><span
style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Senate
voted 26-12 — with loud cheers of “Si se puede” from the
gallery above — to give final approval and send the
measure to Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk less than one week after
the legislative compromise was reached on the matter. Brown
will sign the wage hike into law in Los Angeles on Monday.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 32px;"><span
style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“At its
core, this proposal is about fairness,” Senate President Pro
Tem Kevin de León said just before the vote. “This is
historic, and today I am proud to be a Californian.”</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 32px;"><span
style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The plan
passed the state Assembly earlier in the day 48-26,
receiving broad support from Democratic lawmakers who called
the compromise effort an important step forward for
California. No Assembly Republicans voted in favor of the
increase. Opponents complained it was rushed and did not
include a wide group at the negotiating table.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 32px;"><em
style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-minimum-wage-vote-20160331-story.html"
target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none;">Click here</a> to
read the full story on <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://latimes.com">LATimes.com</a>.</em></p>
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<div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya
'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br>
</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow
Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div>
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href="http://www.moscowcares.com/"
style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font
color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div>
<div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div>
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<div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom
Hansen</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow,
Idaho</span></div>
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<div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br>
</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"There's
room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But
first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If
you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br>
</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">-
John Lennon</span></div>
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