We need to come up with a competitive wage rate and structure here!

我们得拿出一个更有竞争力的工资标准和工资结构来！

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The buying power of the federal minimum wage rate is at its lowest point since 1949.

而联邦最低工资水平的购买力自1949年以来已经降至了最低点。

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The result of the higher wage rate, therefore, will be a much greater unemployment than before.

由此可知，进一步提高工资水平的结果，将是出现更为严重的失业。

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But those new entrants will not be able to find jobs at the above-market wage rate.

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At some wage rate, all willing and able workers could be absorbed into private employment.

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However, there is worrying evidence that a significant number of employers are not paying apprentices the relevant minimum wage rate.

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