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Possible answers to the each scenario under both budgets are:

# $7.25 per hour $10.10 per hour

Ignore his concerns. Take the $15 per week
Hand wash uniforms at out of budget surplus.
home. Sacrifice your ownIncrease grocery budg-

1meals at work. et to pack a lunch.
Borrow the $10 from fam-
ily. Repair shoes tempo- Take the $10 out of the

2rarily. Seek out charity. surplus.
Hand wash clothes for a Purchase the materials
month and fix it yourself. out of surplus and fix.
Shut off water until land- Ask for two month pay-

3lord fixes. ments with plumber.
Ask your roommate to

watch them. Ask your Use the $25 and $75 to
boss if they can sit at make a payment toward
work. Have them stay the daycare. Reduce
4home alone. laundry expenses.

Buy a numbing gel and Request a payment
live with it. Pull tooth plan of $100 per
5yourself. month. .

Why was a federal minimum wage law established originally? (An abun-
dance of workers and lax child labor regulations allowed employers to ex-

ploit through extremely low wages and inconsistent compensation sys-

tems.)

What is one argument that supports the expansion of the minimum wage

today? (It provides for a degree of economic independence for hourly

workers and reduces poverty.)