{"id":317,"date":"2014-08-19T13:32:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T13:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/janetheactuary\/2014\/08\/shock-poll-on-the-minimum-wage.html"},"modified":"2014-08-19T13:32:00","modified_gmt":"2014-08-19T13:32:00","slug":"shock-poll-on-the-minimum-wage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/janetheactuary\/2014\/08\/shock-poll-on-the-minimum-wage.html","title":{"rendered":"Shock poll on the minimum wage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

A while back, I wrote about the proposal<\/a> by the progressive caucus of Chicago aldermen to hike the minimum wage to $15 an hour; Emmanuel countered that with his own proposal (via a \u201ctask force\u201d) to raise the wage to $13 an hour in dollar-per-year increments, but said he wanted to defer action to see if the Democrats pushed anything through at the state level first. \u00a0(So far, this is all talk even though the Democrats hold the State House and Senate and the governor is a Democrat.) <\/p>\n

There was even a piece in the paper in which the reporter interviewed people in a \u201cman on the street\u201d sort of way recently (I thought I blogged about this. . . ) and everyone pretty much said, \u201csure, I support it \u2014 just as long as employers don\u2019t cut jobs or raise prices as a result.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now the Tribune has taken this a step further<\/a>\u00a0(sorry, paywalled link), with a poll of Chicago residents: \u00a0\u201cDo you support or oppose increasing the minimum wage from $8.25 per hour to $13 per hour over the next three years?\u201d \u00a0The results? \u00a084% support, 13% oppose, and 2% don\u2019t know\/no opinion.<\/p>\n

As usual in this sort of article, the Tribune asked some \u201cmen on the street\u201d: \u00a0one said it would help, and two said an increase would hurt, with fewer jobs and higher prices doing more harm than good. <\/p>\n

In the end, I\u2019m just astonished at these poll numbers. \u00a0Was there more framing, more context, that made people feel that they needed to say \u201cyes\u201d in order to be properly compassionate for the poor, because the answer choice of, \u201cI\u2019d love to, but I think there could be unintended consequences that could make people worse off\u201d wasn\u2019t there?<\/p>\n

The article doesn\u2019t provide full details but does provide some data breakdowns:<\/p>\n

Opposition was greatest among white voters and those making more than $100,000, but overall strong majorities in both groups supported the wage hike. The poll found 78 percent of white voters and 71 percent of voters in wealthier households backed the idea.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0What do you make of this?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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