In the moments after the report was released , Democrats were already pulling the `` good '' bits from the report to tout the strength of their prior arguments . S. E. Cupp : New CBO report showing minimum wage increase could cost jobs flummoxes Dems . She says GOP has long held what CBO said ; Dems are trying to spin hike as poverty - reducing . CBO says raising minimum wage could indeed take 900,000 people out of poverty , she says . Cupp asks : Is doing that while potentially costing our jobs worth it ?
S. E. Cupp : New CBO report showing minimum wage increase could cost jobs flummoxes Dems . She says GOP has long held what CBO said ; Dems are trying to spin hike as poverty - reducing . CBO says raising minimum wage could indeed take 900,000 people out of poverty , she says . Cupp asks : Is doing that while potentially costing our jobs worth it ?