H. 3085 would set the minimum wage in the state to $10.10 an hour. While this bill, and the many that have come before it, are well intentioned, they ignore basic principles of sound economics in order to create legislation that sounds and feels good. This bill ignores the negative impact that minimum wage hikes have on poor and low skilled workers.
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