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Donkees

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14. Bernie introduced this same bill in the last Congress, but McConnell just stalled it ...

Reply to Tom Rinaldo (Reply #13)

Sat Mar 6, 2021, 04:19 PM

Mar 2021

Now that Bernie is the Chair of the Budget Committee, it seems it's now or never. Way back in 2001, Bernie sponsored the 'Minimum Wage Restoration Act' which would have put us further ahead than the crumbs offered now. No one will fight harder than Bernie, as long as we are fortunate to have him.

Rep. Sanders H.R.2812 - Minimum Wage Restoration Act 2001
Sponsor: Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large] (Introduced 08/02/2001)
Committees: House - Education and the Workforce
H.R.2812 - Minimum Wage Restoration Act

Minimum Wage Restoration Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum wage (currently $5.15 per hour): (1) to $6.65, for 2002; (2) to $8.15, for 2003; and (3) by indexing to the cost of living, in the same manner as benefits are indexed under the Social Security Act, for 2004 and thereafter.

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A modest proposal regarding raising the minimum wage. [View all] Tom Rinaldo Mar 2021 OP

Just make it equal to the buying power of the original minimum wage: about $15.00/hr. marble falls Mar 2021 #1

Sure, great idea. Can you, as Captain Picard would say, "make it so"? Tom Rinaldo Mar 2021 #2

That's exactly how it's going to happen in the end. Just like Medicare happened, like SSI happened . marble falls Mar 2021 #5

Agreed. Meanwhile I was envisioning how millions of workers could get their first raise NOW Tom Rinaldo Mar 2021 #8

The buying power of the original minimum wage is about $4.64 GregariousGroundhog Mar 2021 #17

Of course in 1968 "they" said the minimum wage was to help teenagers get trained on their 1st job Tom Rinaldo Mar 2021 #24

Typo. The min wage would have reached $15 in 2022/23 IIRC...nt Wounded Bear Mar 2021 #3

Where do you get that. I keep seeing 2025 Tom Rinaldo Mar 2021 #6

You may be right, but your post reads 2015... Wounded Bear Mar 2021 #7

Aha! So it did, in one place yes... Tom Rinaldo Mar 2021 #9

The prior House bill isn't really relevant. TwilightZone Mar 2021 #4

AMERICAN CongressPersons and Senators should be mandated N E 1 Mar 2021 #10

I understand what you're saying DesertRat Mar 2021 #15

An Excellent Idea, And A Sound Policy, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2021 #11

Raise the Wage Act 2021 Schedule: Donkees Mar 2021 #12

Thanks for that info. I didn't know where to look for it... Tom Rinaldo Mar 2021 #13

Bernie introduced this same bill in the last Congress, but McConnell just stalled it ... Donkees Mar 2021 #14

Modest proposal: Stop listening to Sanders saying what is possible. Hortensis Mar 2021 #16

Yes, slipping a minimum wage increase into a defense spending bill is probably the easiest route GregariousGroundhog Mar 2021 #18

:) Ah, 1968 (actually 69). I was paid $0.13/hour as a 17-year-old waitress Hortensis Mar 2021 #19

Who knows what he might have accepted IF the Senate parliamentarian gave a green light to inclusion Tom Rinaldo Mar 2021 #20

If we'd disregarded the parliamentarian, it would have gone to a vote Hortensis Mar 2021 #23

Self Delete. Mistakenly posted n/t Tom Rinaldo Mar 2021 #21

Self Delete. Mistakenly posted n/t Tom Rinaldo Mar 2021 #22