state-level minimum wage at $9.19. we have empirical evidence all around the country that when you raise the minimum wage, the job the employment effects are negligible. in fact, arguably it s good for business, and it s good for taxpayers because those low-wage workers don t have to rely on food stamps as much. $7 billion a year according to a uc-berkeley study in terms of public subsidies. just in fast food. $7 billion a year. so it saves taxpayers money, but it s good for business. right. because they go out and then they spend things at best buy. and walmart, they buy more burgers at mcdonald s. and if mcdonald s workers could make $15 an hour, they could actually buy more hamburgers at a higher cost than what they can do on the minimum wage. that was forward thinking about paying his workers so that they could afford to buy a ford. dorian, thank you so much. coming up, here s bill o reilly talking about nelson mandela last night. he was a communist, this man.
$9.19. that is the highest in the nation at the moment, though in washington state, that s also set to increase. now raising minimum wage also a very contentious topic. not without its critics who say raising it is unfriendly to businesses and that employers will have to cut hours and hire fewer workers to cover the cost of the increase. they say that s not something california can afford right now where the jobless rate right now is 8.9%. but you have to remember, what you mentioned, carol, the traditional minimum wage worker, that teenager, is really being overshadowed by the reality that the bread winner of many families is now the typical minimum wage worker who is barely making ends meet. alison kosik, we ll be talking more about this in the next hour of newsroom with the man who authored the bill to raise the minimum wage and, of course, somebody who is vehemently opposed to it. it s being called one of the greatest comebacks ever in sports. and it unfolded in the america s
starting in 2016 at 10 buck the highest in the country, washington state at $9.19 an hour. matt, i am a huge proponent of the minimum wage. i think it s only fair people make a living wage given the fact full time year-round making federal levels make $15,000 a year, very difficult to get by on. some folks argue against it and say it hurts job creation. as an economic guri, i wonder what you think. the empirical evidence of minimum wage is mixed. studies showing it hurts job creation, studies show it doesn t hurt job creation. at the time we re at, if there s a moment when minimum wage will get people paid more and won t slow job growth it will probably be right about now. you can say in the long run is this really going to be a viable strategy for fixing all the economic problems in the united
last week at a 6 year low. they saw the biggest he increase by 3 tenths of one percent. only mississippi had a decline from 9 percent down to 8.5 percent. unemployment fell in 8 states and was unchanged in 14 states. in seattle considering raising their minimum wage to $15 an hour. the state has the heist minimum rate at $9.19 an hour. the mayoral candidates say they will consider this. it may make it more difficult for major rekalers to operate there. wal-mart refused to accept a decision to raise minimum wage to 12.50 an hour. according to a british survey the average officer suffered death raids twice a day computer crashes and rude clients and computer failure.
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