The Push for a Robotic Workforce: Chris Murphy Introduces Bill for Massive Minimum Wage Hike

EDITORIAL: Senator’s ‘big idea’ would be an economic disaster

Stricter price controls on labor.

The Push for a Robotic Workforce: Chris Murphy Introduces Bill for Massive Minimum Wage Hike

Sen. Chris Murphy has finally found a constituency that truly gets him. Robots and automated systems around the country likely whirled and beeped with approval as he introduced the Senate version of the Living Wage for All Act. At a time when workers are being replaced at record numbers due to the cheaper labor of automated systems and AI programs, Murphy moved to price out millions of more workers by increasing their costs. The bill would incre…