sethnintendo on 09 July 2017
| Wman1996 said: I think this is ridiculous. Minimum wages need to keep going up, not down. I am opposed to a $15 national minimum wage, because it's too drastic right now. I say $12/hour at the national level is a good idea. $7.25 is too low. |
Probably best for states and cities to be left to set their own considering the cost of living is different and the inability of congress to pass an increase. However, the federal min should have just been tied to inflation so we wouldn't have to debate about it anymore. Republicans don't want to see it tied to inflation so every 5-20 years the debate comes up again because it has lagged behind inflation and comes to point where it is too low even for starter jobs. I believe it would be nearing 10 a hour if they tied it to inflation the last time they actually voted to gradually increase it a decade or more ago.
