US News: Increasing the minimum wage for the lowest-paid workers will benefit America’s very poor – and very wealthy.

“Higher wages provide the fuel to drive our economy. It’s a simple equation: Higher wages equal increased consumer spending, which makes business grow. The economics of the last 40 years has largely benefited the 1 percent, leaving the middle class and the poor behind. It’s in everyone’s interest to stop this trend.”

 

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