Federal $25 minimum wage mandate would destroy nearly 5M jobs, hit booming Sun Belt hardest: study

Federal $25 minimum wage mandate would destroy nearly 5M jobs, hit booming Sun Belt hardest: study

A federal $25 minimum wage mandate would destroy millions of jobs across the country and hit several of the Sun Belt states that have seen a significant influx of new residents in recent years, an economist warned in an interview with Fox News Digital.The warnings come in response to recent legislative efforts from progressive members of Congress pushing to raise the federal minimum wage floor to $25 per hour by 2031 for large employers, while s…