Lloyd: Minimum wage is a maximum loss for Rhode Island
By Scott Lloyd | January 31When I was sixteen, I got my first job as a dishwasher working for the grand rate of $1.10 per hour. It wasn’t much — about $5.70 in today’s dollars — but I was happy to get it. That wage meant $20 per week in my pocket, enough for dinner for two and a movie, or four record albums, or a used ...