Tag Archives: Minimum-Wage

Economist’s View: Alan Krueger: The Minimum Wage: How Much is Too Much?

Source:Economist’s View Good question, because how is a job where the employee bags groceries, rings up groceries, makes cheeseburgers, cleans up after people, takes orders from customers, worth. Not as much as the person who hires those people, or as … Continue reading

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Brookings Institution: Ron Haskins: $2 a Day, A More Complete Picture

Source:The New Democrat  I agree with Ron Haskins here that when today’s Progressives say that Americans in poverty only live on $2 a day, they tend to leave out things like public housing, food assistance, Medicaid to use as examples. … Continue reading

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VOA News: Janet Weinstein- Activists- Higher US Minimum Wage Still Not High Enough

Source:The New Democrat The so-called conservative economist in this piece, said something that is simply false and perhaps even insulting to minimum wage workers, that I have to correct, or I don’t think I would be doing my job. He … Continue reading

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Associated Press: ‘Democratic Governors Push For Minimum Wage Hike’

Source:The New Democrat  I’m all in favor of increasing the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour; actually I would even go up to 12.00 dollars an hour over a 5-year period and even index the minimum wage for inflation so … Continue reading

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Associated Press: ‘Living on Minimum Wage: One Mother’s Story’

Source:Associated Press– talking about living on the minimum wage. “Shaniqua Davis, a fast food worker in New York City, talks about the struggles she faces trying to raise a family on the federally mandated minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. … Continue reading

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The Washington Post: Harold Meyerson: ‘Washington D.C. Council Stands For Fair Wages & Against Wal-Mart’

“For Republicans who want to cut the number of food stamp recipients, here’s a helpful suggestion: Support the ordinance passed last week by the D.C. Council, which required big-box stores like Wal-Mart to pay their employees at least $12.50 an … Continue reading

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