To: The United States House of Representatives and The United States Senate
Tell Congress: Raise the minimum wage!
Americans who work full time should not have to rely on food stamps and housing assistance. It’s time to make the minimum wage a real wage – pass the Raise the Wage Act without delay!
Why is this important?
Americans who work full time should not have to rely on the government for food stamps and housing assistance. And taxpayers should not have to subsidize bottom-basement wages.
But that’s exactly what’s happening with our absurdly low $7.25 per hour federal minimum wage. Momentum is building for the Raise the Wage Act, which would raise the federal minimum wage to $12, index it to keep pace with the median wage, and phase out the subminimum “tipped” wage.
States and cities across the country have proven that raising the minimum wage doesn’t lead to job losses. In fact, it does just the opposite. It breathes new life into the local economy as workers have more money to spend at local stores and on local services. That creates jobs and economic activity.
It’s simply wrong that millions of American are working full time yet still live below the poverty line. It’s bad for the country and it’s bad for the economy. But we can do something about it!
But that’s exactly what’s happening with our absurdly low $7.25 per hour federal minimum wage. Momentum is building for the Raise the Wage Act, which would raise the federal minimum wage to $12, index it to keep pace with the median wage, and phase out the subminimum “tipped” wage.
States and cities across the country have proven that raising the minimum wage doesn’t lead to job losses. In fact, it does just the opposite. It breathes new life into the local economy as workers have more money to spend at local stores and on local services. That creates jobs and economic activity.
It’s simply wrong that millions of American are working full time yet still live below the poverty line. It’s bad for the country and it’s bad for the economy. But we can do something about it!