It’s almost like that’s all he cares about.
Via PennAve:
President Obama turned to Democratic governors on Friday in an effort to convince Congress to raise the minimum wage, a centerpiece of the White House’s economic blueprint for 2014.
“This is not just good policy, it also happens to be good politics,” the president said at a Democratic Governors Association meeting at theWhite House. “Raising the minimum wage will help up to 16 million Americans – and that’s a big deal and that could give a boost to our economy as a whole.”
Obama recently signed an executive order to raise the minimum wage for workers on new federal contracts to $10.10 an hour, but that action is expected to affect only a few hundred thousand workers. The White House wants Congress to approve the same hike in the federal minimum wage for all employees.