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Kansas City Raises Its Minimum Wage — But Not For Teens
By Lydia DePillis, July 17, 2015 Washington Post
Last night, the Kansas City Council voted overwhelmingly to raise the city's minimum wage to $13 an hour by 2020. But these policies aren't as simple as they seem -- they also involve choices about who the new wage floor applies to, what the penalties are for noncompliance and whether small businesses should get a break.
In this instance, perhaps the biggest argument was over age: Should everybody be entitled to the higher minimum wage, or should teenagers be left out?
The fight goes to the heart of the debate over the impact of the minimum wage, and whether it might hurt the very people it's supposed to help.
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