Let’s Take the Politics Out of the Minimum Wage by Indexing it to Inflation « Main Street

Let’s Take the Politics Out of the Minimum Wage by Indexing it to Inflation « Main Street:



  "Indexing the minimum wage to inflation is a common sense solution to the overwhelming majority of Minnesotans and has already proved to work well in other states. The state of Washington has the highest statewide minimum wage of $9.32 an hour, which has been indexed to inflation since 1998. Since then, Washington’s economy has not only decreased poverty, but it has created more jobs, including a 21 percent  increase to the payrolls of restaurants and bars."