President Obama used his weekly address to continue his push to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour, and he once again called on Congress to do what’s right for the American people and the economy.
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New Report: Raising the Minimum Wage Create Jobs
Raising the minimum wage would help the working poor and give the entire economy a boost, a new analysis finds. If the minimum wage rose to $10.10 per hour, as Senate Democrats and President Barack Obama propose, 27.8 million workers would see their wages go up as a direct or indirect result of the boost,… Continue reading New Report: Raising the Minimum Wage Create Jobs