Dem Lawmakers Push for $15 Minimum Wage Will Have Disastrous Consequences
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 16: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (C) addresses an event to introduce the Raise The Wage Act with House Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and other members of Congress in the Rayburn Room at the U.S. Capitol January 16, 2019 in Washington, DC. The proposed legislation, which will gradually raise the minimum wage to 5 by 2024, is unlikely to pass in the Republican-controlled Senate. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
House Democrats are looking to double the minimum wage, with little eye to the consequences.
Led by Virginia Democrat Bobby Scott, House Democrats introduced the Raise the Wage Act, which would more than double the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 per hour by the year 2024.
Democratic lawmakers have long been in favor of a higher minimum wage, but few have gone so far as to call for doubling it. Until now.
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