California Senate Candidate Floats Radical Bump to Minimum Wage, Smugly Tells Critics to ‘Just Do the Math’
Minimum wage jobs are not meant to be lifelong careers that can support an entire family. Rather, they are an opportunity for young people and others with limited skills to get a foot in the door.
But California Democrat Congresswoman Barbara Lee, who is running for Senate, believes burger flippers should be making $50 an hour, according to the New York Post.
That’s more than the average U.S. salary of teachers, firefighters or police officers.
Lee is one of the four front-runners vying for California’s open U.S. Senate seat. Democratic Representatives Adam Schiff, Katie Porter and Barbara Lee joined Lee and lone Republican Steve Garvey on stage on Monday, ahead of the state’s March 5 open primary.
