By Orange County Register Editorial in The Orange County Register

February 24, 2016

More data are amassing showing how a higher minimum wage kills jobs. Yet the two Democratic candidates to replace California U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer are engaging in a bidding war over how much to raise the federal minimum wage above the current $7.25 an hour.

Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Anaheim, is co-sponsoring a measure to raise it to $12. Not to be topped is her Democratic rival, California Attorney General Kamala Harris. “She would be for going higher – even $15 – but she supports the $12 plan,” Harris campaign spokesman Nathan Click told the Register.

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