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Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: What quality of life can workers earning nation’s highest minimum wage afford?

Updated: May 22 2014,
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Washington state has the highest minimum wage in the nation at $9.32. Can the state’s low-wage workers can meet their basic needs without assistance? Economics correspondent Paul Solman explores the quality of life for a baggage handler at the Seattle-Tacoma Airport and an employee of McDonald’s.