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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Before we finish with the topic I should perhaps mention another argument sometimes put forward for fixing a minimum wage rate by statute.

在结束这一论题之前，也许我应当提一下主张以法规形式确定某一最低工资率的另一种论调。

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Because Hoover insisted that wage rates stay the same, even though the market-clearing wage rate was falling with productivity and general prices, the result was larger and larger unemployment.

由于胡佛坚持工资不能变，但是随着生产能力和整体价格的下降，市场结清工资早已下调，结果就是一波又一波的失业。

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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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