Cenk Uygur
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Obama Calls for $9 Minimum Wage
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February 14, 2013
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5:34Now Playing"The State of the Union proposal with by far the most political juice is going to be a call to raise the federal minimum wage to $9 and index it to inflation. That would put it, in inflation-adjusted terms, back up to its 1981 level."*
In his State of the Union Address, President Obama called for a $9 minimum wage. Conservatives are very opposed to this incremental bump. Why? Would the increase help people who need it most, or hurt them like John Boehner says?
*Read more from Matthew Yglesias/ Slate
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