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According to reviewer Megan McArdle [2], In CHEAP We Trust [3] author Lauren Weber is so intent on saving money that she will walk 30 minutes to avoid paying a $1.50 ATM fee.
I infer from this fact that Weber supports a huge reduction in the federal minimum-wage. After all, to walk for a half-hour in order to save $1.50 is to work for a half-hour in exchange for $1.50. That is, it is to work for $3.00 per hour. This paltry sum is less than half of the federal minimum-wage. If Uncle Sam justifiably prevents Americans from working for less than $7.25 per hour, surely Uncle Sam should stop persons such as Lauren Weber and other tight-wads from spending their time saving money whenever the amounts saved are less than $7.25 per hour.