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AND IF YOU ARE AMBITIOUS YOU COULD PROBABLY CATCH A FEW OF THEM! THOUSANDS OF NEW MEXICANS ARE STARTING OUT THE NEW YEAR -- WITH A PAY RAISE. THE STATE'S MINIMUM WAGE IS SET TO INCREASE TO $12-DOLLARS-AN-HOUR ON JANUARY FIRST...UP FROM $11.50. TIPPED WORKERS -- LIKE SERVERS -- WILL START EARNING $3-DOLLARS-AN HOUR. IT'S THE FINAL YEARLY INCREASE REQUIRED BY A STATE LAW SIGNED BACK IN 20-19, AND GRIFFIN RUSHTON FOUND SOME LAWMAKERS WANT TO KEEP RAISING IT EVEN HIGHER. HOW DOES $16-DOLLARS-AN-HOUR SOUND? THAT'S WHAT LOS ALAMOS STATE REP. CHRISTINE CHANDLER IS PLANNING TO PROPOSE DURING THE UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION. SHE WANTS THAT NEW MINIMUM WAGE TO KICK IN ON NEW YEAR'S DAY IN 20-24 TO KEEP UP WITH INFLATION... BUT LOCAL ECONOMIC LEADERS FEAR THOSE PAYCHECKS MIGHT BE TOO MUCH FOR SOME BUSINESSES TO SWALLOW... AND THEY'RE HOPING FOR A COMPROMISE. "I really feel that our minimum wage should allow a person to work 40 hours a week, and still be able to meet basic necessities, and at this point, I don't believe we're there with the $12 an hour. :14 DEMOCRATIC HOUSE REP. CHRISTINE CHANDLER KNOWS... $16-DOLLARS-AN-HOUR FOR MOST WORKERS SOUNDS LIKE A LOT. BUT DATA FROM M-I-T'S LIVING WAGE CALCULATOR SHOWS... THAT'S JUST ABOUT HOW MUCH THE AVERAGE WORKER ALREADY NEEDS TO MAKE TO LIVE IN NEW MEXICO COMFORTABLY. "and that's for a single person, it doesn't take into account that many, we have many single parents, we have working couples." :08 A $16-DOLLAR MINIMUM WAGE WOULD MAKE NEW MEXICO ONE OF THE TOP 5 HIGHEST PAYING STATES IN THE COUNTRY... AND CHANDLER SAYS THAT'S AN ADVANTAGE. "we have been trying to get workers to come into the state, so what we have done is create competitive advantage for the state of New Mexico and sent the message that this is a desirable place for people to come back." :14 BUT LOCAL ECONOMIC LEADERS SAY SUCH A DRASTIC INCREASE... ALSO HAS CONSEQUENCES. "it would really, really exacerbate youth unemployment. :04 NEW MEXICO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESIDENT AND C-E-O -- ROB BLACK -- SAYS RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE FORCES BUSINESSES TO RE-EVALUATE HOW MANY EMPLOYEES THEY CAN AFFORD... AND WHAT TYPE OF WORKERS THEY HIRE. "if you raise that wage from $12 an hour to $16 an hour, they're not going to hire the teenager who has no experience, they're going to hire somebody else. And that, again, puts that teenager in a disadvantage going forward, because their work experience now was pushed off for years." :16 BLACK ALSO NOTED SOME BUSINESSES ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH THE CURRENT INCREASES. SINCE 20-19 -- THE STATE'S MINIMUM WAGE HAS INCREASED $3-DOLLARS. CHANDLER'S PROPOSAL WOULD SIGNAL AN OVERALL $8-DOLLAR INCREASE IN JUST 5 YEARS. "those employers that can restructure their business model will, those that can't, won't be able to, they'll have to find cost cutting other ways, or they won't be able to continue to operate. :14 ECONOMIC FACTORS HAVE ALREADY ENCOURAGED MANY EMPLOYERS TO INCREASE WAGES ON THEIR OWN. ING TO ZIP RECRUITER -- 87-PERCENT OF NEW MEXICANS ALREADY EARN MORE THAN $20-DOLLARS-AN-HOUR. CHANDLER SAYS HER PROPOSAL... IS NOT REALLY ABOUT THEM. "this is the floor for what we as a public policy believe is a fair wage for one individual who wants to be able to provide for themselves" :09 CHANDLER'S PROPOSAL ALSO INCLUDES LANGUAGE REQUIRING STATE LAWMAKERS TO RE-VISIT THE MINIMUM WAGE EVERY YEAR.... AND ADJUST IT BASED ON INFLATION AND OTHER ECONOMIC FACTORS. WHERE DOES THE CHAMBER STAND ON THAT PROPOSAL? BLACK BELIEVES BUSINESS LEADERS WOULD BE MORE RECEPTIVE TO THOSE YEARLY ADJUSTMENTS... BUT NOT STARTING WITH A $4-DOLLAR INCREASE. ARE YOU GETTING A SENSE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING ALL SIDES COULD AGREE ON? NOT WITHOUT SOME NEGOTIATING. BLACK BELIEVES THE BEST POLICIES ARE USUALLY COMPROMISES... AND HOPES BOTH LAWMAKERS AND BUSINESS LEADERS CAN WORK TOGETHER ON THIS. "there's a diversity of opinions from, you know, from all perspectives, but I think there's willingness to have that conversation. But $16 an hour is frankly, a non starter for the business community." :10 CHANDLER IS ALSO PLANNING TO PROPOSE SOME CHANGES TO NEW MEXICO'S TAX LAWS -- WHICH SHE SAYS COULD HELP OUT BUSINESSES. WE'RE JUST OVER TWO WEEKS AWAY FROM THE START TO THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. THANK YOU GRIFFIN. ... AS ALWAYS, WE'LL BE TAKI