Claim: "Increasing the min. wage to $15 an hour would reduce spending on food stamps, public housing and other programs by over $7.6 billion a year."
Fact-check: Bernie Sanders says minimum wage hike to $15 would reduce federal assistance by $7.6 billion a year
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Louis Jacobson
Date published: 2016-05-05T00:00:00