Sen. Josh Hawley introduced a bill that would more than double the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour

Sen. Josh Hawley , R-Mo., introduced a bill on Tuesday that would more than double the federal minimum wage.

Hawley ’s bill would increase the minimum wage to $ 15 per hour in 2026 with future increases tied to inflation.

The $ 7.25 per hour minimum wage has not changed since 2009 .

The Heritage Foundation chief economist said the bill is “a surefire way to eliminate jobs, especially starter jobs that people need to climb the ladder of success”.

“So it would be nice to have just a minimum wage for the whole country, but it wouldn’t work because you have places where it’s very inexpensive to live, where a minimum wage which is at $ 8 or $ 9 might be, you know, might have very little effect because the cost of living in certain places is really low.” Bradley Devlin is politics editor for The Daily Signal . Original article link.