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Bernie Sanders is Calling For a $17 Minimum Wage.
$15 isn’t cutting it anymore.
It’s hard not to look at the state of American politics, and acknowledge the fact that disappointment remains a constant. Whether it be a Republican Party that has resorted to fear mongering about the banning of gas stoves, or a Democratic Party that would rather lose to a Republican than win with a left leaning candidate, it’s hard not to look at our elected officials and feel like we’re on our own.
All that being said, at least there’s Bernie Sanders.
Sharon Zhang with Truthout writes:
“In his new role as the chair of the powerful Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) is calling for the minimum wage to be raised for the first time in nearly 14 years, saying that the old benchmark of $15 an hour is no longer enough.
On MSNBC on Sunday, Sanders said that it is time for the federal minimum wage to be raised to at least $17 an hour, if not more. This would be nearly 2.5 times the current federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, which was set in 2009.
“A couple of years ago, we fought to raise the minimum wage to $15. As a result of inflation, in real dollars, that should be at least $17 right now,” Sanders told MSNBC’s Ali Velshi…”
