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Archive Home > 2006 > January > 04 > Make farmers stars

Make farmers stars


January 4, 2006

Oregon's minimum wage went up 25 cents Jan. 1 to $7.50, the second-highest rate in the country. And when the state jacked up the wage, it may just as well have plowed salt into farmers' fields.

The state hamstrings the farming and ranching industry by making it pay more for labor than almost....

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