That still won’t keep up with inflation since the last increase.
Americans support a $15 an hour minimum wage.
— Data for Progress (@DataProgress) February 2, 2021
Our latest polling finds 63% of voters in favor of raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, including 86% of Democrats, 61% of Independents, and nearly half of Republicans. https://t.co/V6yehOeZMy pic.twitter.com/tOjDg1EaJg
Opinion | Adriana Alvarez: A minimum wage raise by Congress to $15 an hour would change lives — as it changed mine. https://t.co/M81xGYWmFd – @NBCNewsTHINK
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 23, 2021
𝟴𝟯% of Americans say the current $7.25 federal minimum wage is not enough.
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) February 23, 2021
• 𝟯𝟱% say it should be $13-15
• 𝟮𝟵% say it should be $10-12
• 𝟭𝟯% say it should be more than $15https://t.co/zbOc9Ks1Qn
Everything you need to know about the debate over the $15 minimum wage https://t.co/kRcSmKoeB4
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) February 23, 2021
Minimum wage and inflation: These two charts show how much workers have fallen behind – CNNPolitics
A $15 minimum wage belongs in the relief package. Why?
— Pramila Jayapal (@PramilaJayapal) February 16, 2021
💵 Half of all essential workers make minimum wage
💵 It'll lift 900k people out of poverty
💵 It’ll give 27 million workers a raise
💵 It's been 12 years since the last raise
💵 No one in America should starve, period
Want to see a store with a $16.30 minimum wage?
— Ryan Higgins (@RyanHigginsRyan) February 9, 2021
It's my store. Get the fuck out of here that billion dollar corporations can't afford $15. pic.twitter.com/mTsdO6QqoZ
CBO says raising minimum wage to $15 would reduce poverty but increase the deficit and cost jobshttps://t.co/GPfU0UEPCT
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 9, 2021
Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour — a proposal supported by President Biden — would result in the loss of 1.4M jobs, but would bring nearly 1M people out of poverty over the next 4 years, government study finds. https://t.co/44ucHGuwfC
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 8, 2021
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That prediction of a deficit pile-up could work in Sanders’ favor as he fights to include the minimum wage increase in the package Democrats are crafting to enact President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan. https://t.co/xXF7033KNv
— Christopher Cadelago (@ccadelago) February 8, 2021
67% of Americans support raising minimum wage to $15 hour but it can be filibustered by 41 GOP senators representing just 21% of country. This is why the Senate is deeply broken
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) February 6, 2021
Discussing the prospects of increasing the minimum wage and the political battles ahead on @SXMPOTUS @SIRIUSXM ! Join the conversation! https://t.co/EawlBMtqvX
— Laura Coates (@thelauracoates) February 2, 2021
Your reminder that the people who would benefit from a higher minimum wage:
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) February 2, 2021
(1) Average age 35, not teenagers.
(2) Full-time workers, not working part-time.
(3) Often major breadwinners in their family, not living with their parents.#RaiseTheWage pic.twitter.com/jXmxrAukw1
If wages had kept pace with productivity gains since 1968, the current minimum wage would be more than $24 an hour.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) January 27, 2021
That’s today. Not 5 years from now. Today.
President Biden’s push for $15 an hour minimum wage faces strong headwinds in Senate https://t.co/c29S4g3JoU
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 28, 2021
The Congressional Budget Office's estimate of potential outcomes for a raised minimum wage ranges from Sen. Rand Paul's claim of "nearly 4 million" to “about zero." https://t.co/WcqZf6die8
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) January 23, 2021
U.S. billionaire wealth in 2010: $1.5 trillion
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) January 26, 2021
U.S. billionaire wealth in 2020: $3.9 trillion
Federal minimum wage in 2010: $7.25
Federal minimum wage in 2020: $7.25
Does anyone else see a problem with this picture?
Sad! 