Obama's Call to Raise the Minimum Wage Met by Republican Howls and Disinformation
During his State of the Union address, President Obama called for raising the minimum wage to $9 an hour [3], up from its current $7.25, and indexing it to inflation so that it rises as the economy grows. If the increase were to happen, it would give the minimum wage its highest purchasing power since 1981, lifting millions of families above the poverty line.
But top Republicans are already coming out against it.
