Sceptics say Mr Chavez will use the cash on social programmes and on raising the minimum wage so as to shore up his public support ahead of a legislative election in September.

怀疑论者表示，Hugo chavez将运用这笔现金在社会福利计划和提高最低工资，以便在今年九月国会改选之前稳住他的公众支持。

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How much of the wage was normally paid in kind rather than cash?

有多少工资通常是以实物而不是现金形式支付的呢？

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Many enterprises cannot in accordance with state regulations, and rising prices level, timely cash wage increase reasonable.

很多企业不能按照国家规定和物价上涨水平，及时兑现工资合理涨幅。

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Things will be even worse if a 24 percent increase in the cash minimum wage is heaped on top of it.

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Some of the lower-skilled workers who would lose out in a higher-entry-wage environment might be absorbed, off the books, by the cash-in-hand labor market.

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The origins of this go back to WWII, when companies tried to get around wage controls by offering workers fringe benefits in lieu of cash.

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