WAGE DEBATE: Jim Gallagher is all for a $15 minimum wage, while David Nicklaus thinks such an increase would destroy jobs and hurt small businesses. They both dislike Sen. Josh Hawley's alternative proposal, which would create a new federal tax credit for low-wage workers.
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Those who are supposed to benefit from from a sudden hike in the minimum wage could wind up being harmed the most.
Hiking the minimum wage would actually help small businesses if corporate giants had to pay their fair share of taxes.
The reforms were drafted after a yearlong fight on the frontlines of the pandemic.
