“It really does feel like a systemic change,” said Thea Lee, president of the Economic Policy Institute where Bernstein once worked. “Before, it was all about the deficit, deficit, deficit — and anyone who did not agree was sidelined. Now, it is almost the flip side,” she said.
Progressive values have permeated Biden’s personnel decisions, too. The administration has hired policy experts from Warren’s office and liberal groups such as the Roosevelt Institute, Economic Policy Institute and Center on Budget and Policy Priorities — a contrast with the think tanks such as the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget that previously held more sway.
Bloomberg
February 18, 2021
Economist Ben Zipperer with the Economic Policy Institute sees the Raise the Wage Act as “not just moral policy” but “also good economics.”
“A $15 minimum wage by 2025 would generate $107 billion in higher wages for workers, boosting annual earnings for the average affected year-round worker by $3,300,” he said in a statement last month.
Common Dreams
February 18, 2021
Democrats Introduce Bill to Raise Minimum Wage to $15 by 2025. The Raise the Wage Act of 2021 was introduced on Tuesday. If passed, it would gradually increase the federal minimum wage over five years to reach $15. The Raise the Wage Act is a critical step toward lifting hardworking people out of poverty, .., House Labor Chair Robert Scott, via statement. … addressing income inequality, and building back a better economy where everyone can succeed, House Labor Chair Robert Scott, via statement. The bill also proposes “phasing out subminimum wages for tipped workers, youth workers and workers with disabilities …”. … and making sure the value of minimum wage doesn’t decrease over time by tying it to inflation. According to the Economic Policy Institute, 32 million Americans would see their wages increased by the Act. In the richest country in the history of the world, if you work 40 hours a week, you should not be living in poverty. , Incoming Senate Budget Chair Bernie Sanders, via statement. Minimum wage must be a living wage, enabling people to live with dignity, Incoming Senate Budget Chair Bernie Sanders, via statement. The federal minimum wage has not been increased in over 10 years
Beatrice Daily Sun
February 18, 2021
Supporters say the coronavirus has made a higher minimum wage all the more urgent since workers earning it are disproportionately people of color. The liberal Economic Policy Institute found that more than 19% of Hispanic workers and more than 14% of Black workers earned hourly wages that kept them below federal poverty guidelines in 2017.
PBS Newshour
February 18, 2021
Advocates say that raising wages at the bottom of the pay scale would help relieve income inequality, including racial disparities in earnings. The liberal Economic Policy Institute estimates that 31 percent of African Americans and 26 percent of Latinos would receive a raise if the federal minimum wage were elevated to $15 an hour.
PBS Newshour
February 18, 2021
Economist Ben Zipperer with the Economic Policy Institute sees the Raise the Wage Act as “not just moral policy” but “also good economics.”
“A $15 minimum wage by 2025 would generate $107 billion in higher wages for workers, boosting annual earnings for the average affected year-round worker by $3,300,” he said in a statement last month.
Common Dreams
February 18, 2021
Democrats Introduce Bill to Raise Minimum Wage to $15 by 2025. The Raise the Wage Act of 2021 was introduced on Tuesday. If passed, it would gradually increase the federal minimum wage over five years to reach $15. The Raise the Wage Act is a critical step toward lifting hardworking people out of poverty, .., House Labor Chair Robert Scott, via statement. … addressing income inequality, and building back a better economy where everyone can succeed, House Labor Chair Robert Scott, via statement. The bill also proposes “phasing out subminimum wages for tipped workers, youth workers and workers with disabilities …”. … and making sure the value of minimum wage doesn’t decrease over time by tying it to inflation. According to the Economic Policy Institute, 32 million Americans would see their wages increased by the Act. In the richest country in the history of the world, if you work 40 hours a week, you should not be living in poverty. , Incoming Senate Budget Chair Bernie Sanders, via statement. Minimum wage must be a living wage, enabling people to live with dignity, Incoming Senate Budget Chair Bernie Sanders, via statement. The federal minimum wage has not been increased in over 10 years
Beatrice Daily Sun
February 18, 2021
Supporters say the coronavirus has made a higher minimum wage all the more urgent since workers earning it are disproportionately people of color. The liberal Economic Policy Institute found that more than 19% of Hispanic workers and more than 14% of Black workers earned hourly wages that kept them below federal poverty guidelines in 2017.
PBS Newshour
February 18, 2021
Advocates say that raising wages at the bottom of the pay scale would help relieve income inequality, including racial disparities in earnings. The liberal Economic Policy Institute estimates that 31 percent of African Americans and 26 percent of Latinos would receive a raise if the federal minimum wage were elevated to $15 an hour.
PBS Newshour
February 18, 2021