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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCould Biden sign an executive order to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour?
Could Biden sign an executive order to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour? Why hasn't he done so within your opinion???
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Could Biden sign an executive order to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour? (Original Post)
Matthew28
Mar 2021
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drray23
(7,891 posts)1. no he cant.
you cant make new law by executive order. The only thing that they do is direct the federal government how to implement certain things that are already law
intrepidity
(7,804 posts)2. He could if his name were spelled "T-r-u-m-p."
Seems that guy could do whatever the f*ck he wanted.
The last White House resident may have confused you into thinking we were a dictatorship
tirebiter
(2,582 posts)4. Call in CEO's and have discussion with them
Hire the CostCo CEO to help make it happen.
JI7
(90,237 posts)5. States can pass it
some have . Even cities can pass it .
DBoon
(22,976 posts)6. Could he sign an executive order requiring federal contractors to pay a $15/hr minimum wage?
DrToast
(6,414 posts)8. He can and he has!
It was one of the first things he did in January.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-executive-order-takes-steps-require-federal-contractors/story?id=75414753
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(114,311 posts)7. Of course not