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9.46 "WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR
southside staple...
Smitty's Tenderloin Shop
thriving after three-generations
of family ownership.
13.25 "TAKE THEM OUT OF THE
FREEZER HERE." Ben Smith
oversees ten employees - seven
are part-timers. Every worker
here starts above the mandatory
7.25 minimum wage. Smith is
against a government- mandat
increase. And believes his
payroll should be performance-
based.
"THE IDEA THAT YOU ARBITRARILY
SET SOMETHING SO HIGH, WHAT DO
DO BETTER? AND I THINK IF YOU
HAVE AN INCENTAVIZED PACKAGE OR
WAGE TO MOVE THEM UP, THEY'LL BE
HUNGRIER TO WORK HARDER."
Tomorrow - a task force examines
if polk county should increase
its minimum wage.
Supervisor John Mauro backs the
cause - pointing to Johnson
county in eastern Iowa. Leaders
there are raising worker's pay
incrementally to 10.10 an hour
"THESE ARE WORKING-POOR PEOPLE.
SO THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE
MAKING $8 AN HOUR, SINGLE MOM
WITH TWO. I CHALLENGE ANYBODY IN
THIS COUNTY, IN THIS STATE TO
RAISE A FAMILY ON $8." Whatever
than a dozen city council
governments within polk county
before taking effect.