He’s clearly not living on this planet.
Via CNS News:
(CNSNews.com) — Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a self-identified socialist, touted a $15-an-hour minimum wage at a rally on Wednesday, but did not directly answer whether the minimum wage should be $100- or $50-an-hour and instead said that research shows that $15-an-hour is a “reasonable price.”
He also rejected the idea that raising the price of labor would cause some people to lose their jobs or not get hired in the first place.
Sanders lead the rally at the U.S. Capitol to advocate for an increase in pay to $15-an-hour as part of a “Fight for $15” labor effort alongside men and women who work for Congress, the Pentagon, the Smithsonian, Union Station and other federal landmarks.
CNSNews.com asked the senator, “Why did you choose $15 as the number for the minimum wage?”
Sanders, who caucuses with the Democrats, said, “Well it wasn’t what I chose, I think it’s what the sentiment is all over this country. And the answer is that if you do the arithmetic and people have to pay rent, have a car, and take care of their kids, and provide heat, and buy food and buy medicine, that’s what it takes as a minimum to live a decent life.”
CNSNews.com then asked, “Why not choose like a $100 or $50 [per hour], why $15?”