Joe Biden Calls For $15 Minimum Wage

President-elect Joe Biden announced on Thursday that he plans to ask Congress to increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour, saying “Nobody working 40 hours a week should be living below the poverty line.”

“Hard-working Americans deserve sufficient wages to put food on the table and keep a roof over their heads, without having to keep multiple jobs,” said the Biden administration in a statement. “But millions of working families are struggling to get by.”

Biden set to unveil $2 Trillion dollar stimulus plan tonight. Plus a call for a federal $15 minimum wage.https://t.co/Hunhh4Dwzk

The Republicans were bad, but these Dems spend as if money was water.

And Min Wage? Biden should listen to these kids explain why it’s a bad idea.

— John Stossel (@JohnStossel) January 15, 2021

The Biden administration also claimed that a minimum wage would mostly benefit those who have been hit the hardest by the pandemic, specifically in the retail and food industry.

Imagine thinking now is a good time to ask restaurants to pay $15 an hour minimum wage. @Brian_Riedl looks at the good, the bad, and the ugly in Biden’s stimulus package. https://t.co/vWVCF149GJ

— Rachael Larimore (@RachaelBL) January 15, 2021

California, Connecticut, Maryland, Illinois, New York, Massachusetts, and New Jersey are the seven states which have already passed a $15 minimum wage with Florida being the most recent to do so.

Critics of $15 minimum wage have signaled that there may be jobs lost and businesses that struggle to make ends meet if the minimum wage were to be raised.

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