"A proposal to raise the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour (highest in nation) was central to Ms. Sawant’s successful run for a seat on the City Council." “Th

"A proposal to raise the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour (highest in nation) was central to Ms. Sawant’s successful run for a seat on the City Council." “They’re (the voters) just fed up,” she said. I don't know what other solutions are in her program, but this sounds like a classic way to make an easy career in politics. But I have seen this many times in country I am from and therefore I am biased to tell.