My highschool age daughter got her first job a month ago. Part time in a burger joint but pays $6.00 an hour and she'll be up to $6.75 in 2 more months.
Baby steps for now but she'll be on the ladder to success in a few more years.
This is why I thought the GOP should index the minimum wage for inflation. The minimum wage is SO low that is does not currently hurt business. Index for inflation at today's level and it would be taken out of the political equation forever and it would NEVER be a problem for business.
Indexed for inflation, it would increase at something like $0.15 per year. The proposal on the table is to raise it $0.70 cents per year for three years. Immediately after that, there will be more calls for increasing it. IT IS A DIM CAMPAIGN ISSUE. We should take it off the table.
COngressional salaries and Social Security payments are indexed to keep them from being political issues. This should be as well.