Our minimum wage is too low
“Our state minimum wage hasn’t budged in years — $7.50 an hour is not worth what it was a decade ago, and a stagnant wage will continue to lose value as we move forward. Wherever you work, whichever community in this state you call home, $7.50 is not enough. Raising the wage incentivizes work and will likely help families at the lower end of the income spectrum graduate out of certain income-based assistance programs — so we’ll have reduced the extent of our reliance on the social safety net, and we’ll have helped many low-income New Mexicans gain a first foothold in the self-determined climb out of poverty, something I expect everyone should cheer.”