grow growth. first look at state where is the minimum wage hasn t been raised. now look at the states that raised the min mudge wage. their job growth is higher than the other states. let me ask you this. the gop says increasing the minimum wage will kill jobs. if you increase the minimum wage you will continue to see employment growth particularly if the increases are in the moderate range that the states have undertaken which happens to be the same as the president s proposal to increase the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour over the next three years. exactly as you suggest. another area where the rhetoric, the ideology is wrong. i think the strategy here is if you can t win on the fakcts, mae up a story and try to win on the
walker it is time to raise the min mudge wage. what happened the today? it s a political analysis. you have two candidates tied at 46-46. neither of them is above 50%. you have an issue raising the min mudge waimum wage. we think the 800,000 drop-off voters who weren t planning to vote will come out to support raising the state s min mudge wage and expanding economic security. that s why it is on the ballot so we can have a say. let s look at the numbers. wisconsin s min mudge wage is 7.25 an hour with a 40-hour work week that s $290 per week or just over $15,000 a year. how can republicans like scott walker justify that? it s proven not to be a job killer in other parts of the country. it s an economy boosting
minimum wage standard of 7.25 an hour. in washington the hourly rate is 9.32. now there is a growing movement in d.c. to pass the fair minimum wage act which would impact all 50 states. would this help the economy or would that legislation kill jobs? joining me with reaction, former congressman and fox news contributor dennis kucinich. you were on the left side of the aisle. you are for raising the minimum wanl, right? if you consider 21 states have minimum wage in excess of the federal wage the position i take is that minimum wage should be increased to at least $10 an hour is in line t t with the main stream. it s center america. i would beg to differ on that. i m not sure where you are getting your information. facts. where did you get $10 an
hour? one of the bills being introduced is $10.10 an hour. california in september increased the minimum wage to $10 an hour. if you looked at t the minimum wage in 1968 the cost of living increased so much that our minimum wage today if you corrected for inflation would be $10.74. why not 20? let s go crazy? why not $50 an hour? we have to strike a balance between what s appropriate compensation for people for the work they do and what works for the economy. the economy has been struggling. a minimum wage increase that for every thousand dollars it
economics 101 from high school and college. at that price that s where things should be. if you raise the federally mandated minimum above that, the jobs we low it go elsewhere. china and india. the reason we lost jobs is because of nafta and the general agreement on tariffs and trades, not because of minimum wage laws. there are university studies done by princeton, by economists in california and massachusetts which have shown no connection between job loss and increase in the minimum wage. you could argue the increase is good for employers because it helps to assure reliable work force how would this do that?