Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20150723:20:53:00
San jose $11. washington, d.c., $11.95. . would you say this represents a major shift of the democratic party toward this particular policy shown on the local minimum wage? >> certainly at the local and state level. what's needed is to increase the wage so the values don't go down, you look at the last time the minimum wage was raised in 2009 it's fallen 8% since then. those workers have 8% less purchasing power than they did in 2009. cities and states know it's good for the economy. the money goes back out into the economy, gets circulated and it raises all votes. >> you bring up the point of...