Raise the minimum wage to $15.00

Most minimum-wage workers aren't teenagers these days. They're major breadwinners who need a higher minimum wage in order to keep their families out of poverty.
Across America, the ranks of the working poor are GROWING . according to a report from the National Employment Law Project. Last February, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that raising the national minimum wage to $10.10 an hour from $7.25 would lift 900,000 people out of poverty.
The gains from a higher minimum wage extend beyond those who receive it. More money in the pockets of low-wage workers means more sales, especially in the locales they live in — which, in turn, creates faster growth and more jobs. the current economic recovery is anemic , Americans lack the purchasing power to get the Economy moving again.