If Biden wants a win, he should raise the minimum wage

Joe Biden isn’t having a great presidency.

His approval ratings are poor: 43.4% of voters approve of the job he is doing, while 51.6% of them disapprove, according to FiveThirtyEight. The Afghanistan withdrawal was a disaster. Inflation is high. Businesses are having a hard time filling jobs. The coronavirus isn’t going away. Biden hasn’t been able to get many of his campaign promises done, including his "Build Back Better" agenda. And his administration has taken some divisive positions, such as support for repealing the Hyde Amendment that protects taxpayers from funding elective abortion.

So what can Biden do if he wants a win politically?

One place he should look at is the minimum wage — as eight states will do at the start of 2022. Raising the minimum wage is a political winner and something he could find 60 votes in the Senate to get done.