Minimum wage hike overdue
Via the Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago, let’s raise the minimum wage.
Let’s make life better for our lowest-wage workers and those a notch above.
Let’s hike a minimum wage that has eroded so deeply it is now, in real buying power, well below 1968 levels.
Let’s give our economy a boost, even while acknowledging the downsides of a wage hike.
Chicago, let’s make a big statement: We don’t stand by while our neighbors struggle.
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