WASHINGTON —  The federal minimum wage goes up this week to five dollars and 85 cents an hour.

That's 70 cents higher than the old minimum and is the first increase in 10 years. But some lawmakers and labor experts say it's still far from ideal.

Somebody being paid the minimum wage will be earning roughly $12,000 a year before taxes. And House Education and Labor Committee ChairmanGeorge Millersaid it's "an outrage" that in the "wealthiest country in the history of the world," anybody could work full time and still wind up in poverty.
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IT'S NOT ENOUGH BUT I GUESS FOR LIKE STUDENTS WHO WORK IT'S GOOD FOR THEM. HELL IT'S BETTER THAN $5.15!