2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I have a theory on why Sanders is not conceding or endorsing at this poinjt [View all]pnwmom
(109,394 posts)For example, the progressive economists who showed that raising the minimum wage doesn't suppress employment ALSO said this only holds if you don't raise it too high. $12 an hour was determined, by research, to be the current level that wouldn't depress employment -- it's not a figure the Democratic Senators pushing the minimum wage law pulled out of a hat.
Well, Hillary has compromised. She supports the $12 national min recommended by liberal economists, but also would support any state or locality that wanted to raise it higher than that -- because a $12 min in rural Georgia is not equivalent to $12 in Brooklyn.
However, she doesn't support raising it to $15 nationally as long as the research shows that would cause employers to shed jobs.