bernie and cortez want minimum wage increase, republicans say no: BOTH ARE EVADING THE LAW
the law is the Government Accountability Office and Federal Reserve (usa's economics agency) go by a "goods basket" to determine the POVERTY LINE
however: GAO "GAO provides fact-based, nonpartisan information to Congress" LIES
GAO since BILL CLINTON has been a den of LYING DEMOCRATS who lie about USA wages earned with intent of THEFT - to raise government wages a few to tens of times over citizen wages
with that said: the "goods basket" hasn't been tended in earnest since Alan Greenspan, neither has the stats of what Americans really make at their jobs (which government pay is hinged upon)
During clinton, clinton bandied about "we have to pay double wages to get the best because a better government will be less expensive". FUCKING BIGGER LIAR THAN OBAMA.
the goods basket has the wrong items in it
the cost of the items is corrupt (not counted fairly)
the job market data is corrupt
the "poverty line", which Minimum Wage is slightly above: has become fake news