that a $15 minimum wage provision in the rescue package did not clear the strict guidelines of the reconciliation process. The move blocks the measure from moving ahead under the process Democrats are using, which needs 51 votes in the Senate to bypass Republicans.
Dube noted that most minimum wage workers don't work for large corporations, so the plan may encourage those businesses to accelerate outsourcing to third-party contractors to avoid the tax. The move slashes the odds of a wage increase becoming part of the stimulus plan, with little time left to draft legislation that would comply with the budget reconciliation process.
Spineless cowards
I wonder if I can publish using Etherium?
Experts said the backup plan risked being inefficient at raising hourly wages. Arindrajit Dube, a professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, wrote in an email to Insider that 'the devil is in the details.'
“levy a 5% tax on the payrolls of large corporations that don't compensate workers below an unspecified wage”
Those bit(hes owe me $2,000 bucks.