Feb 12
Obama Pokes Mitt Romney In Call For Minimum Wage Hike During State Of The Union Address
Posted in: Today's ChiliWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama argued in his State of the Union address that it was time to raise the federal minimum wage to $9 per hour and peg it to inflation, so that “no one who works full time should have to live in poverty.”
In doing so, Obama made a somewhat surprising — and apparently enjoyable — reference to his vanquished GOP presidential challenger, Mitt Romney.
“Working folks shouldn’t have to wait year after year for the minimum wage to go up while CEO pay has never been higher,” Obama said. “So here’s an idea that Governor Romney and I actually agreed on last year: let’s tie the minimum wage to the cost of living, so that it finally becomes a wage you can live on.”
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