The Democrats Have a Secret Plan to Get a $15 Minimum Wage

National Interest ^ | 3/4/2021 | Rachel Greszler

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As Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee said, “We couldn’t get in the front door or the back door, so we’ll try to go in through the window.” He claimed that, “The American people elected Democrats to get things done, and they aren’t going to accept ‘process’ as an excuse for failing to [enact a $15 minimum wage].”​

The “process” that Sen. Wyden brushes aside as an “excuse” refers to a U.S. law that governs what can be included in budget reconciliation bills that bypass the Senate Filibuster and thus allow for a simple fifty-one-vote majority to pass a law, instead of the usual sixty vote requirement.

So after failing to include a job-killing $15 nationwide minimum wage in their partisan coronavirus package, Sen. Wyden and Sen. Bernie Sanders came up with a “Plan B.” It would “impose a 5 percent penalty on a big corporations’ total payroll if any workers earn less than a certain amount,” resulting in potentially multi-billion-dollar penalties on companies for employing even one worker at a wage lower than some lawmakers arbitrarily deem appropriate (presumably $15 per hour).

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If you can’t tax the hell out of them do this.

Multi-billion-dollar penalties on companies

NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT

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