Trump ‘open to doing something’ on the minimum wage

Published May 4, 2016 11:06pm ET



Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump told CNN Wednesday that he “would be open to doing something” on the minimum wage. While he did not specifically say he would increase the current federal rate of $7.25 an hour, he did not rule out a future increase after being pressed on the issue.

Trump did, however, reject raising the rate to $15, the level favored by Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders, or $12 an hour, the rate favored by Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. He said a better approach would be to boost the economy overall so that there were more jobs paying well above the minimum wage. He did not say what he thought the ideal minimum wage level should be.

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