2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Gives 6 HUGE REASONS To Pick Him Over Hillary [View all]Sancho
(9,070 posts)Bernie wants a $15 minimum wage for everyone. All of the Democratic candidates believe in a minimum wage increase, and all have different ways to achieve economic improvements (more on this later).
Hillary is aware that many times the minimum wage is set locally by a state or community. Any federal wage increase will face major opposition, so stepping on the toes of states and locals guarantees a political and court fight, so it's practical to do as much as you can that might actually be passed. Also, Hillary (and many economists) are aware that a single minimum wage doesn't make sense with you compare NYC to Spartanburg, SC. It may be possible to get a floor level, but that's an arbitrary number and not defendable if you have to fight off 20 state and 50 local lawsuits. Bernie can "call" for whatever he wants, but the universal minimum wage will be tough to see actually pass the legal tests.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/07/hillary-clinton-wants-fast-food-workers-make-more-money
But there's one pretty big hitch to Clinton's endorsement: it only applies to folks who work in New York. The idea Clinton is backing comes from a panel appointed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Earlier this week, that panel recommended slowly raising the minimum wage for fast food workers so that it eventually reaches $15 per hour by July 2021 (with the rate increasing at a faster clip for people who work within New York City, where the cost of living is higher, so that employers would be required to pay workers there that $15 rate by 2018).
While Clinton may support a higher wage for workers in New York, she's resisted liberals' calls to raise the national minimum wage to $15 per hour. "I think part of the reason that the Congress and very strong Democratic supporters of increasing the minimum wage are trying to debate and determine whats the national floor is because there are different economic environments," Clinton said in New Hampshire last week. "And what you can do in L.A. or in New York may not work in other places."
Over many decades, Hillary has been the best advocate for wages because of her proposals that impact MILLIONS. One is a path to citizenship for 10-30 million Americans who can be paid whatever the employer wants because they are off the books!! Also, MILLIONS of women who are underpaid (often illegally) because salaries are not transparent and there's no teeth to gender discrimination. Hillary's proposals would actually add more money to most households than ANY minimum wage increase.
http://correctrecord.org/hillary-clinton-a-fighter-for-equal-pay/
http://correctrecord.org/hillary-clinton-and-immigration/
http://correctrecord.org/breaking-glass-womens-economic-empowerment/
http://correctrecord.org/hillary-clinton-less-minimum-more-wage/