Massachusetts Senate OK's minimum wage hike

The Boston Globe reports:

Senate lawmakers unanimously approved a measure yesterday that would increase the state's minimum wage to $8.25 an hour -- the highest in the country -- and guarantee future increases tied to hikes in the cost of living.


The passage sets up a likely negotiation with the House, where leaders yesterday predicted that a bill calling for a minimum wage increase will pass in some form next month.

The minimum wage is $6.75 an hour in Massachusetts. The Legislature last approved an increase in 1999, voting to raise the hourly minimum wage from $5.25 to $6.00 starting in 2000, and from $6.00 to $6.75 in 2001.

Under the Senate bill, the minimum wage would jump to $7.50 on Sept. 1 and to $8.25 on September 1, 2007. After that, the minimum wage would increase automatically every Sept. 1 to reflect any rise in the urban consumer price index, a measure of inflation in cities across the United States.

The morons who run Massachusetts want to make the state even more uncompetitive with the rest of the country.Massachusetts has declared war on entry level workers by making it illegal for them to work at a wage they could in some other state.No wonder Massachusetts is the only state in America to lose population two years in a row.So,how many electoral votes is Massachusetts going to lose next census?