One group would greatly benefit from raising the minimum wage — and it shows how America has failed them

Approximately 1.8 million veterans in payroll jobs across the US would get a raise if Congress raised the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2024, a study by the Economic Policy Institute found.
Nearly two-thirds of the veterans who would get the raise are age 40 or older, over 60% have some college experience, and nearly 70% work full time.
The real federal minimum wage peaked back in 1968.
 
Nearly 2 million US veterans would benefit from raising the federal minimum wage to $15 per