Starting in 1989, the US Congress has recieved automatic pay increases that match with the inflation-adjusted cost of living (though they have also turned down that raise a few times). The federal minimum wage hasn't changed since 1997.
Does this strike anybody else as wrong?
Apparently Hillary Clinton agrees; on April 20 she announced a bill to tie the minimum wage to the same increases that Congress recieve, and apparently (I'm having trouble finding details on the web) immediately raises the minimum wage to $6.25.
I think I agree with this bill; certainly the minimum wage needs at least a raise (preferably some overhauling); as Clinton's site details, two adults working forty-hour weeks at minimum wage earn $21,424 combined. The impact on the economy could be troublesome, but I'd be willing to live with that risk for the immediate benefits to the workforce.
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