U.S. Senate Democrats drop minimum wage plan for $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill

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3. I've felt all along this should be an incremental issue

Well thought out, considered, slow, steady, and relentless. Responsible government. The idea that you can rapidly push wage increases and forgive $50,000 in student debt and it's all just good for the economy is bogus. There are ramifications to tax policy. Inflation, loss of benefits due to higher income, even division - everyone else wants debt forgiveness too, and frugal people without debt want compensation too.

No matter what they do there will be political pushback in some form.