Balter, Misso agree on $15 minimum wage, want to study universal basic income

Balter, Misso agree on $15 minimum wage, want to study universal basic income

WILLIAMSON — Two of the three Democrats running for the 24th Congressional District seat faced questions about stagnant wages and a proposed universal basic income at a Wayne County forum Wednesday.

At the event sponsored by the Citizens’ Response Network of Wayne County, Dana Balter and Roger Misso agreed that the federal minimum wage should be $15 an hour. The existing wage is $7.25 an hour and hasn’t been raised in 10 years.

While New York and other states have set higher minimum wage rates, the federal standard hasn’t kept pace.A study by the Economic Policy Institute found CEO pay grew […]

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