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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(138,854 posts) Fri Jun 26, 2026, 12:43 PM 21 hrs ago

Bill to raise minimum wage to $25 an hour will be introduced in Senate

The minimum wage would be raised to $25 an hour under a new bill to be introduced by Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut) on Thursday, in a bid to enthuse the working-class voters who have abandoned the Democratic Party.

The legislation, dubbed the Living Wage for All Act, has a companion bill already introduced in the House.

Murphy, whose name is frequently floated as a potential 2028 presidential candidate, said he is pushing his party to take more aggressive stances on affordability, following its punishing defeats in the 2024 elections.

"Democrats need to offer solutions that are as big as the problems people are facing," Murphy said in an interview. "The way you solve people's basic economic problem - not having enough money to pay the bills - is by making a minimum wage be a living wage."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/bill-to-raise-minimum-wage-to-25-an-hour-will-be-introduced-in-senate-090000237.html

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Bill to raise minimum wage to $25 an hour will be introduced in Senate (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 21 hrs ago OP

That should substantially reduce the number of people eligible for Medicare or SNAP benefits MichMan 20 hrs ago #1

Unfortunately, that would just cause prices to go up further. The Madcap 20 hrs ago #2

It would need to be done incrementally, not all at once. everyonematters 20 hrs ago #3

MichMan

(17,632 posts)

1. That should substantially reduce the number of people eligible for Medicare or SNAP benefits

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Fri Jun 26, 2026, 01:09 PM

20 hrs ago

The Madcap

(2,162 posts)

2. Unfortunately, that would just cause prices to go up further.

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Fri Jun 26, 2026, 01:11 PM

20 hrs ago

Corporations have to have their profit margin and will never lower their cut just because wages go up.

It's a real Catch-22. Maybe they should be focusing on those jobs just above the minimum wage ones, as those are the ones many people are trapped in with no way up the ladder.

everyonematters

(4,313 posts)

3. It would need to be done incrementally, not all at once.

Reply to The Madcap (Reply #2)

Fri Jun 26, 2026, 01:24 PM

20 hrs ago

Yes, prices would go up some, but you would have more people living at a level that is acceptable.

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