Cheers Steve - LOL!!
Here is my last post on this thread, as fun as it was. It shows that there IS a minimum wage requirement in nearly all states of the Union. Some of the southern states are a bit behind the times, but their cost of living is equally undemanding.
This will give you the gist. Low numbers - but fixed, standardised minimum wages exist - under-which an employer
cannot go.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._minimum_wages