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Bernie Sanders DROPS MIC With Stunning Minimum Wage Raise Bill
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May 7, 2023
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5:10Now PlayingVermont Senator Bernie Sanders drops stunning truth on American work practices with push for 32-hour work week and new minimum wage increase bill. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders Introduces $17 Minimum Wage Bill
"WASHINGTON ― Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced a bill Thursday that would gradually increase the federal minimum wage to $17 per hour, well over double the current rate of $7.25.
Flanked by labor leaders on Capitol Hill, Sanders said Democrats’ previous goal of boosting the wage floor to $15 will no longer suffice. The minimum wage has eroded so much that lawmakers should set their sights higher, he argued.
“It is time to pass a new livable wage,” Sanders said. “As a result of inflation, $15 an hour would be over $17 today.”
Although most states have increased their minimum wages in recent years, the federal rate of $7.25 applies in the 20 states that don’t mandate a higher one. Congress has not voted to raise the federal minimum wage since a series of increases were signed into law by then-President George W. Bush in 2007."
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