Categories Burlington Iowa News Political West Burlington Hiking the Minimum Wage Won’t Help the Poor Post author By Falcon Post date September 13, 2014 Click here: The ground has been shifting in the battle over the minimum wage. With President Obama’s proposal to hike the national minimum from $7.25 to $9 an hour stalled in Congress, local labor activists have been aiming even higher, getting behind a vastly higher minimum wage of $15 an hour. ← Federal Judge Strikes Down Ohio ‘False’ Speech Law → Is Evil Rational?