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Today’s moderator: Rick Badie
Rick Badie joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution as an education reporter in 1997. A South Georgia native, he’s covered the region’s immigrant communities, was a feature obituary writer and opinion columnist for the AJC’s Gwinnett edition.
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The current federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, roughly $15,000 for a full-time year round worker. Today’s guest writers offer opposing views on whether raising the minimum wage to an hourly rate of $10.10 an hour — as proposed by President Barack Obama — would help or hinder the rebounding economy.
» Guest columnists: Do wage hikes kill teen jobs... or offer relief?
