At the Democratic debate in Iowa on Saturday night, Bernie Sanders defended his proposal to increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15, saying we need to "put money in the hands of working people."
Martin O'Malley jumped in to highlight his governorship in Maryland, where he raised the minimum wage to $10.10, and also said he supported a $15 federal minimum wage. Hillary Clinton, not so much.
"If you go to $12 it would be the highest historical average we've ever had," Clinton said, expressing skepticism about going higher.
O'Malley countered: "It should always be going up. [...] We need to stop taking advice from economists on Wall Street."