Eric Hovde (R): No. "Minimum wage was never supposed to be a living wage." Low-wage jobs should motivate people to find better careers.
Tammy Baldwin (D): Yes. Sponsored 2021 legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per by 2025: "It is past time to raise the minimum wage."
"The amount of people I've interfaced with over the last seven months are thousands upon thousands of people. I'm talking to people every day. It is without question, the economy," Hovde said. "And you can define that as jobs, you can define that as inflation, overall economic growth."
Consumer prices rose 2.9% over the last year through July, the U.S. Labor Department reported Wednesday in its consumer price index, an annual rate that suggests the inflation surge of 2022 continues to ease. The annual inflation rate hadn't dipped below 3% since March 2021. Inflation has gently declined this summer, following a brief spike in spring.
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Candidates for President & Vice-President:
V.P.Kamala Harris (D-CA) Robert F. Kennedy Jr.(I-CA) Chase Oliver(L-GA) Dr.Jill Stein(D-MA) Former Pres.Donald Trump(R-FL) Sen.J.D.Vance(R-OH) Gov.Tim Walz(D-MN) Dr.Cornel West(I-NJ) |
2024 presidential primary contenders:
Pres.Joe_Biden(D-DE) N.D.Gov.Doug Burgum(R) N.J.Gov.Chris_Christie(R) Fla.Gov.Ron_DeSantis(R) S.C.Gov.Nikki_Haley(R) Ark.Gov.Asa_Hutchinson(R) Former V.P.Mike Pence(R-IN) U.S.Rep.Dean_Phillips(D-MN) Vivek_Ramaswamy(R-OH) S.C.Sen.Tim_Scott(R) |
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