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So there are states where the politicians would tell business people “it’s not our fault you pay so much, we’d never want minimum wage at $7.25 and that’s why we never raised ours… we gotta fight for states’ rights!” (?)
Instead of matching the federal minimum (which is kind of a waste of time you could argue but that would occasionally send a different message at least)