That statement is true
The purpose of minimum wages is to make sure that every worker in united states (who worked at least 40 days a week) have enough resource to at least sustain the living of their family. So in cases of contradictory occurrence like this, the highest minimum wage will be used over the lower ones
Explanation:
Well to be honest, American accents to me sound like exaggerated English. When I say that I mean that there is a lot of emphasis on their words, (Considering the fact that their way of speaking isn't proper). I guess I could say American accents sound hard with their broken English. (no offense)
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