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Obama weighing executive action on minimum wage hikeBy Ben Goad at the Hill
http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/labor/195735-obama-weighing-executive-action-on-minimum-wage
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President Obama is considering using his executive authority to raise the minimum wage for federal contractors, he told Senate Democrats during a closed meeting at the White House.
Lawmakers present at the Wednesday night session said Thursday that Obama did not bring up the matter himself, but appeared receptive to the idea when questioned on the topic.
The issue was raised, Sen. Barbra Boxer (D-Calif.) said Thursday. He said he was looking at it, as he looks at everything else.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who was also in attendance, offered a similar account and said he has heard from members of the presidents staff that he is seriously considering executive action on the measure.
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"Obama weighing executive action on minimum wage hike" (Original Post)
applegrove
Jan 2014
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monmouth3
(3,871 posts)1. Seems like a no-brainer to me but then, I'm not President......yet....LOL..
Cha
(297,240 posts)2. thanks applegrove!
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)3. While I favor a min wage hike, I want to state that it isnt enough.
I know people that have "good" jobs where the wages have stagnated and raising the min wage will make them part of the min wage earners. I have heard people that work in schools for example say that if the min wage is raised then people working at McDonalds will be make the same as teacher assistants. All wages need to be raised and that wont happen without bringing jobs back to the USofA.
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