"73% of Americans Support Raising the Minimum Wage To $10 An Hour"

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73% of Americans Support Raising the Minimum Wage To $10 An Hour

by Rob Tornoe for the Contributor

http://thecontributor.com/73-americans-want-raise-minimum-wage-10-hour

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During his State of the Union address, President Obama called for an increase in the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour, and to index future increases to the rate of inflation. If enacted, it would increase the wages of workers in every state except Washington, where the minimum wage is $9.19 an hour. It would lift millions of families above the poverty line by giving the minimum wage its highest purchasing power since 1981.

Regardless, Republicans in Congress oppose any increase to the federal minimum wage, but they might want to do some polling first, as data suggest an increase is incredibly popular among voters. As The Daily Change notes, polling conducted by Lake Research in February 2012 found that not only is support for Obama's proposed increase "stratospherically high," voters actually want to go further than the President suggests.

Their polling shows 73 percent of voters want to see the minimum wage raised to $10 an hour by 2014, including 50 percent of Republicans.

Republicans, like Sen. Marco Rubio (D-Fla.) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) oppose increasing the minimum wage, claiming it will adversely effect jobs and the hiring power of small businesses. However, these claims have no basis in historical fact.

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[Prophet 451]

1. But it's unpopular with corporations

and corporations run teh GOP (and too much of the Dems).

[DearHeart]

2. Seems like the same 26% are against everything nt