Cyran said:
On meet the press on Sunday Joe Manchin claim even all the republican senators would support a $11 minimum wage that tied to inflation. If I was in democrats leadership I would call that bluff.
The house should pass a clean bill raising Minimum wage to $11 and tied to inflation and the senate should put it up for a vote as soon as possible. Either it will get 10 republicans and pass and we get the first Minimum Wage increase in a very long time and for the first time have automatic increases built in or it will fail and now Joe Manchin cant hide behind the republicans are willing to compromise blah blah and can put serious pressure on changing filibuster rules.
For those that on the $15 or nothing train then you got to ask your self if you can have $11 tomorrow and it tied to inflation or wait to some unknown future date that not guaranteed it will come for $15 which one you going to choose.
Plus if the Democrats ever get in a position they have votes for $15 there nothing stopping them from increasing it from 11 to 15 and the $15 purposed was phased in to begin with so it not like in short term you getting less money. |
Yeah I'm not sure if $11 would get 60 senators. That would require 3 moderate Democrats supporting the raise (2 of which are in heavy Republican states, 1 is in a purple state), and 10 moderate republicans to support it. There aren't even 10 moderate Democrats and Republicans collectively lol. I could see it getting 55 votes with a lot of pork barrels/riders (the kind progressives would probably hate), but 60 would be impossible in my opinion.
