$26 minimum wage?
by John Seiler | May 8, 2014 8:31 am
California’s minimum wage rises to $9 an hour from $8 on July 1. Then in 2015, it rises to $10.
That’s still pretty low for this expensive state. So Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., is proposing $26 an hour[1].
That still seems pretty chintsy. Members of Congress make $174,000 a year[2]. Assuming a 40 hour work week (not including schmoozing at parties, campaigning, calling donors for cash, etc.), that’s $181 an hour.
A local burger flipper adds more to the economy than any member of Congress — especially the “small government” Republicans who keep increasing government.
So let’s boost the minimum wage to $181 an hour.
Endnotes:
- is proposing $26 an hour: http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/05/04/CA-Congresswoman-Raise-State-Minimum-Wage-to-26-an-Hour
- make $174,000 a year: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salaries_of_members_of_the_United_States_Congress
Source URL: https://calwatchdog.com/2014/05/08/26-minimum-wage/