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Democrats want to make the minimum wage $17 an hour and give nearly 28 million workers a raise (www.businessinsider.com)

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Sen. Bernie Sanders is once again calling for a higher federal minimum wage. The current rate has been $7.25 since 2009.

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[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Question - do we also reduce wages if there's deflation?

[–] snooggums@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just make it so it never goes down. It is a minimum, no reason to lower the floor for the lowest earners