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Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., last month said he supports a “rock-bottom” federal minimum wage.
He said, “Bottom line, when you’re a good worker you don’t stay at minimum wage for long. Trust me on that.
“It’s not universal. It’s not universal, but trust me as an employer, ... I certainly didn’t want to lose good employees. And so you actually have a better marketplace.
“And so if your employer is not paying you good wages and you’re a good worker, you go look for other places. Now that’s hard to do, that’s hard to do when we have such high levels of unemployment. But again I would get back to we don’t have a very attractive place for business investment.”
The federal minimum wage is currently $7.25 an hour.
Advocates for a higher federal minimum wage say this is not a living wage in many parts of the country.
They add that the federal minimum wage has not kept pace with inflation for several decades.
Express where you stand on this issue in our poll.
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., last month said he supports a “rock-bottom” federal minimum wage.
He said, “Bottom line, when you’re a good worker you don’t stay at minimum wage for long. Trust me on that.
“It’s not universal. It’s not universal, but trust me as an employer, ... I certainly didn’t want to lose good employees. And so you actually have a better marketplace.
“And so if your employer is not paying you good wages and you’re a good worker, you go look for other places. Now that’s hard to do, that’s hard to do when we have such high levels of unemployment. But again I would get back to we don’t have a very attractive place for business investment.”
The federal minimum wage is currently $7.25 an hour.
Advocates for a higher federal minimum wage say this is not a living wage in many parts of the country.
They add that the federal minimum wage has not kept pace with inflation for several decades.
Express where you stand on this issue in our poll.
