The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set newsroom policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com. Ethan: Now that 82 percent of Americans support a federal minimum wage hike, with 55 percent believing it should be raised to $15, are you finally on board that everyone in America should be making more than $7.25 an hour? Phil: I would love it if every worker in America made more than $7.25 an hour.
It’s Time To Raise The Federal Minimum Wage, But Is $15 An Hour Too High?
Phil Harriman and Ethan Strimling, Bangor Daily News
Wed, 02/24/2021 - 11:00pm
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Topics: Maine Penobscot County Bangor
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