Categories Burlington Education Health Iowa Local News Political West Burlington Federal Reserve: Increasing Minimum Wage will cost Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs Post author By Falcon Post date December 23, 2015 Click here: …[C]urrent minimum wages have directly reduced the number of jobs nationally by about 100,000 to 200,000, relative to the period just before the Great Recession. ← SE Iowa Rankings on Iowa School Report Card → Why Women Are Buying More Guns