Kinda caught here, 15 dollar federal minimum wage is in some places a laugh for how little difference it makes and in some places is a windfall. So the choice should be devolved to the States. But then it comes up with the Wal-Marts of the country that intentionally underpay their employees and "subsidize" their personnel costs through welfare programs that cost the taxpayer.
So in a perfect world, welfare programs would be stopped and then small and medium sized businesses could locally price out megacorps by paying their people better and not getting double dipped on the backend from megacorp wage slaves drawing off welfare.
I think we all knew that Pence was a fence-sitter, your typical middle of the road RINO. I'm sorry to say that the current political reality has no room for RINOs going forward! You are either MAGA or you are the enemy!
He granted amnesty to them in 82 because the democrats promised immigration reform if he did so. He did and then they, of course, torpedo'd any attempt at said reform. He didn't do it on some lark, stop saying it like he did.
Man, if only I have a time machine so I could go back to the Founding Fathers and tell them that the "citizens" would eventually elect a kiddie-diddler and a whore to the highest office of the land.