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NJ Democrat Candidate Rebecca Bennett Backs Bill that Study Says Would Crush 5 Million Jobs Nationwide, 60K in NJ 
Breitbart
Hannah Knudsen
September 21, 2026 

Democrat candidate Rebecca Bennett, running for the U.S. Congress in New Jersey’s 7th District, backs a bill that a study says would crush 60,000 jobs in her state alone and 5 million nationwide.

The Democrat said she would support a minimum wage of $25 per hour. New Jersey Democrat Rep. Analilia Mejia (D-NJ) helped lead the Living Wage For All Act, which would ensure a minimum wage increase to $25 per hour over the next “several” years, moving from $7.25 to $12.00 in the first year. Further, the “subminimum” wages for tipped workers would also end in a phased manner.

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Currently well over a dozen states have a state minimum wage greater than the federal requirement, with many going to $15 or more. Bennett stated she would like to see the federal minimum move to $25 per hour.

But a recent Employment Policies Institute study found that this proposal would slash 5 million jobs over the next five years. According to the study, young workers would be the hardest hit, with over half the losses for workers under the age of 25 just getting started.

Restaurant workers would also face massive job losses, according to the study:

Fifty-two percent of losses (-2.65 million jobs) would be for workers under the age of 25, with -1.85 million jobs lost for teens alone;

More than one-third (-1.74 million jobs) would be in the restaurant industry, which employs one of the largest shares of minimum wage workers;

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Mejia and Bennett’s state of New Jersey would face 58,925 job losses. And this would not be the first time Bennett has voted against the best interests of  the New Jersey worker; she opposed the Big, Beautiful Bill with its provisions of no tax on tips or overtime and tax relief for seniors – and claimed the “awful” legislation provided “tax breaks for the wealthiest among us,” ignoring the tax cuts extended to the middle class.

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