Minimum wage debate: Democrats pander to base with $12 per hour hike proposal

Democrats in Congress, led by Senator Patty Murray, are preparing a proposal to raise the minimum wage by 65% to $12 per hour. The plan has little chance of passing while the Republicans control Congress. Nevertheless, as unskilled workers take to the streets to demand as much as $15 per hour in compensation, the minimum wage could become a focus of the 2016 election cycle. Murray’s propo ...