Summary: The General Assembly is considering legislation that would raise Maryland’s minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $10 by 2015. President Obama wants to see the national rate at $9. But would raising the minimum have adverse effects on the nation's economy? Our guests: Sen. Robert Garagiola (D-Montgomery), one of the Maryland bill’s co-sponsors; David Cooper, analyst with the Economic Policy Institute; Michael Saltsman, research fellow at the Employment Policies Institute, which opposes minimum wage increases; and Roxie Herbekian, president of the Unite Here union in Baltimore, representing low-wage workers.
