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Workers need more jobs, not a $15 federal minimum wage that will eliminate available work

By Tiana Lowe Doescher
Published January 18, 2021 5:33pm ET
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Workers need more jobs, not a $15 federal minimum wage that will eliminate available work
Once an idea considered so fringe that Hillary Clinton eschewed it on a national level, more than doubling the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour has become a widely lauded cornerstone of President-elect Joe Biden’s coronavirus relief plan. It’s still a terrible proposal. While Republicans who rubber-stamped President Trump’s multitrillion-dollar deficits won’t have much […]

Once an idea considered so fringe that Hillary Clinton eschewed it on a national level, more than doubling the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour has become a widely lauded cornerstone of President-elect Joe Biden’s coronavirus relief plan.

It’s still a terrible proposal.

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