In policy proposals posted to her website, Harris called for an increase in the overall minimum wage and for the end of the subminimum wage for tipped workers.

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    10 months ago

    Why do we have to keep fighting for a higher minimum wage? We should just set it at a livable rate then have it automatically adjusted annually based on CPI or a similar economic metric.

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      10 months ago

      Some Dems in congress have tried to propose bills that die exactly that in the past and had it get shot down by republicans

      Edit: worth noting at the state level that some dem controled states have started actually doing that such as California and New York