O'Malley was first to endorse $15.00 Minimum wage

[Andy823]

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/121569/martin-omalleys-15-minimum-wage-puts-hillary-notice


"While a $15 minimum wage has garnered support in different cities and localities across the country, O’Malley is the first major Democratic politician, to my knowledge, to endorse it nationally. Congressional Democrats and the president, for instance, want to raise the minimum wage, which is currently $7.25 per hour, to $10.10 over three years. Over the past few months, Senator Patty Murray has lobbied her Democratic colleagues to support raising the minimum wage to $12 by 2020. But there’s no support in Congress for a $15 minimum wage."

[Cheese Sandwich]

1. I think Bernie Sanders was first. When did O'Malley come out for that?

[elleng]

3. This article was published April 17, 2015, after Governor O'Malley's speech at Harvard.

[Cheese Sandwich]

6. Thanks, Here is Bernie Sanders talking about it on March 31 at an IBEW hall in Austin

Talks minimum wage at about 34 minutes in...

Link to time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?&t=34m1s&v=y4DsRfmj5aQ

But it's good that Governor O'Malley is also supporting it, despite my other concerns about him.

[elleng]

2. Good to see this being noticed but 'Martin O'Malley Just Jumped to the Left of Elizabeth Warren.

Your Move, Hillary.' HEADLINE!

This is an 'old' story, April 17, 2015, after Martin O'Malley's speech at Harvard, where he said '"As we gather here tonight," he said, "wealth and economic power in the United States of America have now been concentrated in the hands of the very few as almost never before in the history of our country."'

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

4. I give MO'M credit for that. Not sure, however, that gives him a leg up on Bernie, who was supportin workers' rights prolly before MO'M was born.

Go Bernie Go!

[beam me up scottie]

5. Both are to be commended.

Where is Hillary?

[Hydra]

7. Trying not to commit to a number

She's very good at suggesting she's going to do something while not actually committing to anything.

Same old policies.