Raise the federal minimum wage and tax companies with very high CEO pay

James Talarico proposes raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. He also proposes a special tax on corporations whose top executives earn more than 250 times their median worker’s salary, intending to encourage those companies to pay workers more fairly.

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In their own words

Raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour

The source

Talarico campaign: taxes and cost of living plan

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