re: #182 retired cynic

The Bare Minimum, Judd Legum, Popular Info

even if this were true

Manchin says he supports increasing the minimum wage to $11 per hour because it’s “the right place” for “rural America.”

and even if it’s true that he represents a state that is mostly ‘rural america’

he’s a United States Senator. voting on national policy.
just like most every other bill.

why should the FEDERAL minimum wage be keyed to WV?
as opposed to any other state?

alternatively, why should the federal govt ever send money to WV?
it doesnt benefit any other state.

it’s a stupid and childish way of looking at what the United States congress’s job is