Description

This episode we take a deeper dive into the discussions around the current push to raise the Federal Minimum Wage to $15 an hour. We cover a little bit of history, a little bit of facts and a little bit of feelings surrounding the whole conversation. Bottom line: Policy issues are never as easy as they seem. 

Also, YouTube 'Prank' Challenges are out of control, MN GOP Reps. attempt to Impeach Governor Walz and Austin TX moves to 'shift funds' from police to increase supportive housing. 

Show Links: 

https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/minimum-wage/2018/pdf/home.pdf

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/08/29/facts-about-american-workers/

https://www.ncsl.org/research/labor-and-employment/state-minimum-wage-chart.aspx

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/08/07/for-most-us-workers-real-wages-have-barely-budged-for-decades/

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/08/15-minimum-wage-would-benefit-27-million-us-workers-.html

https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/164635

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/increasing-minimum-wage-would-help-not-hurt-economy-n1244586

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/politifact/2021/01/21/biden-raise-minimum-wage-affects-myth-taco-bell-burrito/4245883001/

https://www.history.com/news/minimum-wage-america-timeline

https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2013/12/19/22-62hr-the-minimum-wage-if-it-had-risen-like-the-incomes-of-the-1/

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/how-poverty-can-follow-children-into-adulthood/

https://theappeal.org/austin-second-hotel-permanent-supportive-housing/?fbclid=IwAR0XBR7cuXtxXQKZnjTEq4jAZ2YLO66f6Dp2Q89fiL1fel_L99f8kzi9FkE

https://www.dli.mn.gov/business/employment-practices/minimum-wage-minnesota

https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-gop-legislators-push-for-walz-s-impeachment-over-executive-orders/600020701/