And this is according to the Far Left CBO.
Undoubtably it would be a lot more.
Any poor person who needs to work deserves this shit sandwich they are being served- if they actually voted for the Dems.
Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour would cost 1.4 million jobs over the next four years, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
www.cnbc.com
For the last 25 years every increase in the minimum wage was met by two threats from Republicans
That unemployment would go up and that businesses would fail.
In every case unemployment went DOWN and economic activity increased.
Do you know why?
When those at the bottom earn a bit more, they spend it increasing business activity.
Increased business activity increases employment and other economic indicators.
When you give those at the top a few extra buck they pay off bills and buy stocks neither of which contribute much to economic activity.
You are buying into a myth.