<p>Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/minimum-wage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Barbara Lee</a> (D-CA) said during a debate this week for one of California&#8217;s U.S. Senate seats that it makes sense to raise the minimum wage to $50 an hour.</p>
<p>Lee, whose proposal means that minimum wage workers would make more than $100,000 per year, made the remarks while on stage Monday night facing off against Reps. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Katie Porter (D-CA), and Republican Steve Garvey.</p>
<p>Schiff and Porter both have called for increasing the minimum wage to at least $20 an hour while Garvey has <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j01L69eXdI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">correctly pushed back</a> against raising the minimum wage.</p>
<p>&#8220;In the Bay Area, I believe it was the United Way that came out with a report that very recently $127,000 for a family of four is just barely enough to get by,&#8221; Lee said. &#8220;Another survey very recently: $104,000. For a family of one, barely enough to get by low income because of the affordability crisis.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Just do the math! Just do the math!&#8221; she continued. &#8220;Of course we have national minimum wages that we need to raise to a living raise,” she said. &#8220;You’re talking about 20, 25 dollars, fine, but I have got to be focused on what California needs and what the affordability factor is when we calculate this wage.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">WATCH:  At a California Senate candidate forum, Democrat Rep. Barbara Lee said she wants to increase the federal minimum wage to $50 per hour. </p>
<p>Spoken like someone who knows nothing about economics.<br /> <a href="https://t.co/16piJUwZlh">pic.twitter.com/16piJUwZlh</a></p>
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