Been hearing about it for a couple years now, but is it going to become reality? It's insane, which makes me believe this new bunch will do it. Tick will be very proud of his party if they make it happen.

They can't do it the way they wanted to do it through reconciliation. Maybe they leave it dead. They'll try again I'm sure.

They put it in this stimulus bill. I have no doubt they will do whatever it takes to pass it. It was a big campaign promise

It will increase unemployment and shutter small businesses. Just sayin my 2 cents.

If it goes, the price of everything will have to go up, hurting people on fixed incomes.

I guess our Government has become our National Union now. JMO

I don't think they have the votes in the Senate to have it pass in the stimulus bill. There are a couple Dems that said they will not vote for it. Likely, it will get cut from the bill before it passes.

Parliamentarian ruled that it could not be included.

Raising minimum wage to make everyone rich is akin to outlawing guns to make everyone safe. There just isn't any room for common sense anymore.
Happy Meals will jump from 7.50 to 15.00. Problem solved.

Low wage workers will be replaced by machines or kiosks. It will only make more people dependent on the government (Read working people).

It can be reality but so can the price of everything doubling!!

Surely Joe could sign his name with a crayon and make it an EO?

The bill was introduced Feb. 24 which would raise min. wage incremently to hit $15 by 2025. Wonder what an 8' 2x4 will be by 2025?

Might be able to do something that requires contractors working with the feds to pay it but he cant make Joe's landscaping in Idaho do it.

It's called buying votes

People think they get hired so they have money to live on. Companies hire people to make them money. If you do not produce more than you are paid, it is not going to last long. There are a lot of people who do not produce $15 an hour and never will.

I remember years ago working road construction and a young guy came to work and was getting paid $5/hr. He said "personally, I don't think I'm worth $5/hr." He went on to be a lawyer! Fitting outcome, don't you think?

Senate dropped it from the Covid relief bill 11 minutes ago

Maine's is already $12.15 per hour. They will be increasing it each year from now on. Essentially giving all the min wage workers a raise each year by law. Unfortunately the rest of us aren't so lucky so as prices go up from labor we are all left with less. I'm wondering at what point the guy bagging my groceries is making the same as I am.

Thank God. There is a brain in there somewhere!