$15/hr minimum wage

[Benton]

Personally, I'm not a fan of a high minimum wage. Unfortunately, we've had decades of a market without much control. That results in workers making less, which results in less buying, which means businesses need to cut costs, which means workers are making less, etc.

I'd rather keep the minimum wage low and tie corporate tax rates (if we enforced them) to wages as a percent of net profit. It would take someone far soberer than I to set real rates, but if your company is making hundreds of millions in profits, paying little to no taxes and compensating workers on social aid, then you need to pay a higher tax rate than a company that pays taxes and pays employees enough to live on.