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Calif: Dem Rep. Barbara Lee Defends Demand To Make Minimum Wage $50/Hour

OAN’s Brooke Mallory

Rep. Barbara Lee justified her call for a $50 federal minimum wage this week by pointing out how expensive living expenses are in her state.

The statements were made during a Senate debate in which the Democrat opponents of Representative Lee (D-Calif) demanded minimum hourly pay between $20 and $25.

“I know what worker productivity means, and that means that you have to make sure your employees are taken care of and have a living wage,” Rep. Lee said.

Later, while citing a United Way report, the official went on to say that $127,000 is “just barely enough to get by” for a family of four in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Additionally, Lee used another example to assert that someone earning $104,000 a year would be considered low-income in the state.

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