To Be Announced...

I have a nice crisp $100 dollar bill (and possibly more) to spare and I'm offering a challenge.

I've been making a pretty good supplemental income from my internet web business lately on eBay and some affiliate marketing stuff, so I'm offering to give away a little less than 10% of my earnings this month in a challenge to anyone who wants to take me up on it.

All anyone has to do to claim the $100 dollars IN CASH is the following:

Find me one or more actual human-being Iowa citizens raising a family of one or more children who works an average 40-hours a week - while earning the minimum wage (excludes waiters/waitresses).

Once again, to make that clear...the winner of this challenge must meet ALL of the following criteria and contest rules as outlined:

1. Person must be human.

2. Person must be a citizen of Iowa and the USA (no illegals).

3. Person must be the sole breadwinner of their family. Defined as: the single and only source of income in the family.

4. Family must consist of themselves, 1 or more children, and spouse or partner (includes non-traditional arrangements).

5. Person must work an average of 40-hours per week for a period of at least 1 month.

6. Person must earn exactly $5.15 per hour as an hourly wage during the same period of time.

7. Person cannot be a member of a wait staff or any other occupation excluded from current federal minimum wage regulations.

8. The prize awarded will go to the first person to forward me the name of a confirmed qualified employee as determined by the receipt time stamp on the original email sent to my email address: greg@gregalan.net

9. If the unthinkable happens and there happen to be two individuals in the same household who meet all of the criteria above, an additional $100 dollars will be awarded.

10. Contest deadline. Contest eligibility ends on the day the President of the United States signs a bill into law enacting an increase in the minimum wage.

11. Contest rules and eligibility subject to alteration at any time should the author and provider feel or suspect anything nefarious.

Additionally, once confirmed, I will contact and/or meet with the person you identify and appeal to their employer personally on their behalf for a raise...and GIVE THEM a $100 dollar bill as well. So we're talking about me giving away a possible $300 dollars (including possibility #9 above).

I will keep tabs on any entries and give regular contest updates on this blog as the contest progresses. Please forward this link to anyone else you think might be interested in the contest by using the Email Post tool or write to me and I'll forward it for you. You may also forward it to any politician such as Governor, Governor-elect, State Representative, State Senator, US Senator, or US Congress member or their staff. After all, this is a challenge - and I'm seeking the widest possible number of contestants.

Contest email address (put "contest" in the subject line if possible)...is: greg@gregalan.net

I'm serious...this is a real offer to anyone who wants to take me up on the $100 Dollar Minimum Wage Challenge.