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I've got no issue raising it to $10 an hour. $15 an hour is too much, especially to be a burger flipper. There are people with four year degrees that don't even make that much out of school.
I think X has it completely right - fix the broken higher education system, and you will fix a significant portion of our economy's problems. Student loan debt currently comprises 6% of the national debt, a whopping $1.2 trillion, and people still aren't able to find jobs after they graduate, leaving them stuck with a ton of debt and no way out. It's a vicious cycle, and one that needs to be addressed, more so than the federal minimum wage imo.
I think X has it completely right - fix the broken higher education system, and you will fix a significant portion of our economy's problems. Student loan debt currently comprises 6% of the national debt, a whopping $1.2 trillion, and people still aren't able to find jobs after they graduate, leaving them stuck with a ton of debt and no way out. It's a vicious cycle, and one that needs to be addressed, more so than the federal minimum wage imo.