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>> republicans think they have their answer to that in a new report from the congressional budget office. about 16.5 million workers who will earnless than $10.10 an hour under the current law would receive higher wages. that's pretty obvious. the $10.10 option would reduce the number of people in families whose income is below the poverty threshold by about 900,000 or 2% fewer people in poverty. okay. and once fully implemented in the second hoof 2016, the $10.10 option would reduce total em appointment by about 500,000 workers, or 0.3%. and that's the republican's answer. republicans seizing...

Was $10.60 adjusted for inflation. but the big headline from yesterday's nonpartisan report is that raising the minimum wage to $10.10 would reduce total employment by about 500,000 workers. however, the next line in the report states actually losses could be smaller or larger. ranging from a slight reduction of employment up to 1 million workers. the report also states that 1.5y million workers would see their wage increase, but that's just 19% of that would go to families actually below the poverty line. still, 900,000 americans could be lifted above the poverty threshold because of the incr...

Report states that 16.5 million workers would see their hourly wage rise. 19% would go to families below the poverty line. some 900,000 americans could be lifted above the poverty threshold because of an increased. it would also impact tipped workers who would see their hourly wages increase from $2.13 an hour to $4.90 an hour over the same period of time. their wages would then jump by 95 cents each year until it was 70% of the minimum wage, which the cbo estimates would happen in the year 2019. republicans are already using the efforts to call the minimum wage hike a job killer. a top white ...

This week and it's kind of hard. that's a big struggle for me. >> reporter: the average fast food worker makes just under $19,000 a year. the government's poverty threshold for a family of four? 23,000. they tell us these jobs teach a strong work ethic throughout their careers. we are for fair wages but it needs to be based on facts. and facts show the majority of workers that earn minimum wage in the united states are not employed in the restaurant industry. as for shaneda and pamela, they are hopeful. >> the fast food business. i love food. i like dealing with people, too. >> i'm not ever go...

Is going to bring you. next week. you don't know what's going on this week. it is hard. so that's like a big struggle for me. >> because that far struggle fast food workers across the country are taking to the streets. in july there were strikes in seven cities including chicago, new york, and st. louis and they're spreading. >> we don't want handouts. we don't want pity. we just want everyone to understand our reality. >> the average fast food worker makes just under $19,000 a year. the government's poverty threshold for a family of four, 23,000. the national restaurant association tells us t...