Sen. Bernie Sanders' minimum-wage hike would kill 700,000 jobs
Democrats' leading proposal to hike the federal minimum wage to $17 an hour would deliver a raise to millions of workers but also would chase about 700,000 people out of jobs, according to a new analysis by the Congressional Budget Office.
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