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PASSED
in the State House of Representatives
on May 15, 2019, by a vote of
90-53
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Purpose: To raise the state minimum wage beyond the current $10.78 and increase it annually at a rate of 2.25 times the rate of inflation.
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Analysis: This version of S.23 abandons a set date to implement a $15 minimum wage and would, instead, increase the state mandated minimum wage each year by 2.25 times the rate of inflation. If the Consumer Price Index remains steady at 2%, the next hike would raise the minimum wage from $10.78 to $11.26 in 2020. Again, assuming a steady CPI, the state minimum wage would reach $15/hr. in 2027.
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Those voting YES believe the positive impact of raising the minimum wage (putting more money into some people’s pockets) will outweigh the negative impacts.
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Those voting NO believe the negative impacts of increasing the minimum wage (eliminating some low-wage jobs, potential cutbacks in hours for low wage employees, the potential loss of benefits greater than wage increases for workers earning a higher wage, overall decline in economic activity, higher prices for goods and services particularly as they impact Vermonters living on fixed incomes, the impact on healthcare services funded through Medicaid, the impact on child care costs, financial burden on struggling small businesses, and the implications regarding the “benefits cliff”), outweigh the positive impacts.
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As Recorded in the House Journal, Wednesday, May 15, 2019: “Shall the bill be read a third time? was decided in the affirmative. Yeas, 90. Nays, 53.” ( Read the Journal, p. 1534-1550.)
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Several times in the past few months I have pointed out to you that in your Vote Role Calls you have listed Linda Joy Sullivan as representing Burlington and Mary Sullivan as representing Dorset when in reality, it is just the reverse. Why do you insist on maintaining the incorrect representations? When do you intend to make the proper correction? Is it stubbornness or do you just not give damn?