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Your Turn: Your Feedback On Minimum Wage, Gas Prices & More

Story Published: Feb 18, 2013 at 3:27 PM EDT

Story Updated: Feb 18, 2013 at 7:17 PM EDT

President Obama wants an increase in the minimum hourly wage from the current $7.25 to $9 by the end of 2015. We asked for your thoughts on that:

 

It is a disgrace to expect anyone to work for less than that!

Alice Waite
from Facebook

As a small business owner, I do think minimum wage should be raised for those of 21 years of age or older. Hopefully this will get more adults off their butts to get back to work.

Stacy Amos
from email

It's going to drive up prices and hamper new job growth.

Rob Davis
from Facebook

No one is hiring so it doesn't matter.

Tom Freeman
from Facebook


Prices at the gas pump are on their way up again. They are at almost four bucks a gallon and are expected to keep climbing:


Everything goes up but the paycheck! Nothing new!

Darlene Bush
from Facebook

So what lame reason is the government going to give this time?

Monica La Fuente Ramirez
from Facebook

 

Should past DWI's be taken into account when sentencing someone for boating while intoxicated? Right now they are not, but a proposed law would change that. Tiffany's Law is named after a Syracuse girl who was killed by a drunk boater:

 

Drinking and driving is drinking and driving no matter if it's a car, boat or lawn mower!

Jean Side
from Facebook

This bill looks good on paper and it means well, but it will not stop drinking and driving or save lives!

Lewis Goutermout
from email
Thursday, June 20, 2013
, Watertown, NY

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