Biden Warns Governors Minimum Wage Hike Won’t Happen Even With Dems In Control

And in a call late last week, Biden reportedly told a group of governors and mayors from around the country that a minimum wage hike simply wouldn’t make it through the reconciliation

“I really want this in there but it just doesn’t look like we can do it because of reconciliation,” Biden told the group, according to a person in the room. “I’m not going to give up. But right now, we have to prepare for this not making it.”

Although Dems control both houses, Biden insists that the minimum wage hike must be bipartisan, and even reportedly asked Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan for help on that, though according to the report,

Just yesterday, Biden axed any hope for another progressive policy priority: the AOC-approved $50K in student-debt forgiveness.

Instead, Biden said he would consider $10k – though he remains wary of appearing to bail out students from elite universities. Since at least Superbowl Sunday, Biden has been saying that the minimum wage hike probably wouldn’t make the final bill.

And it’s not hard to see why: Because on some level, Biden fears the blowback. Runaway inflation and the elimination of millions of low-wage jobs (which are still jobs at the end of the day) could cause serious economic chaos right now, with global equities just off record highs.

Still, union activists are taking umbrage at the decision, and questioning Biden’s commitment to progressive policy stances.

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