Here is some info about minimum wage from US that might be helpful (or not).....
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December 5, 2006
State Minimum Wages: A Policy the Works
Editor: Samantha Batko (mailto:[log in to unmask])
Spotlight On...
The Economic Policy Institute released "State
Minimum Wages: A Policy that Works," a brief on the
potential effects of raising the minimum wage. Since
the last federal-level increase in September of 1997,
18 states have independently raised their minimum
wage a cumulative 47 times. Consequently, by
December 2005, the median minimum wage among
those states was more than 25 percent higher than
the federal minimum wage. This report analyzes the
18 states with higher minimum wages to determine
two things: the effects on wages and the effects on
employment and labor supply. The evidence from
this analysis suggests that in these states, wages
are higher than they would have been without the
hikes and raising the minimum wage had no effect on
employment rates. In many cases, the employment
response has been positive, which is contrary to the
primary argument of those who oppose raising the
federal minimum wage.
Full
Brief (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=zmxcr9bab.0.hoi8r9bab.jzu96nbab.1191&ts=S0217&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.epi.org%2Fcontent.cfm%2Fbp176)
In This Issue
* Congress Coming Back, Going Home
* Top Human Needs Priority: Survey Says Minimum Wage Increase
* Progressives Recommend Agenda for First 100 days
* Brookings Forum: "Welfare Reform Ten Years Later"
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Congress Coming Back, Going Home
Article Subheading
Congress is planning to return to session on
December 5 for a brief period before adjourning for
the year on December 8. Most appropriations bills,
including those that fund homelessness programs in
the Departments of Housing and Urban Development,
Health and Human Services, and Labor, will be put off
until next year. The only housing or homelessness
related bill that may be completed this year is the
Second Chance Act, which would provide housing
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Top Human Needs Priority: Survey Says Minimum Wage Increase
Article subheading
The Coalition on Human Needs recently conducted a
survey of 2,500 advocates to determine the top
three human needs priorities for the new Congress.
Raising the minimum wage was the clear winner with
895 respondents selecting it as their first priority.
Rolling back tax cuts (581 votes) and adequate
appropriations to fund human needs programs (450
votes) were a close second and third. Advocates
were also allowed to write in priorities. The most
commonly written in answer was universal or greatly
expanded access to health care. "Housing and
homelessness services" was also a common write in
response.
Complete Survey Results - http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=zmxcr9bab.0.joi8r9bab.jzu96nbab.1191&ts=S0217&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chn.org%2F2007surveyresults.html
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Progressives Recommend Agenda for First 100 days
Article subheading
"Turnover elections traditionally bring with them both
new hope and great expectations," writes John D.
Podesta, President and CEO of the Center for
American Progress Action Fund. Podesta recently
outlined a policy agenda for the first 100 days of the
110th Congress. On the domestic side, among other
things, the Center for American Progress Action Fund
calls for expanding the Child Tax Credit and Earned
Income Tax Credit. Expansion of EITC, which would
benefit about 4 million people, would cost about $7
billion annually. "Our agenda would seek to address
existing economic disparities for low and middle
income families struggling to make ends meet and
further future economic growth and opportunity
through greater energy security, education reform,
and investments in health prevention," Podesta says.
The American Progress Action Fund is the sister
advocacy organization of the Center for American
Progress.
Full Report (PDF) - http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=zmxcr9bab.0.koi8r9bab.jzu96nbab.1191&ts=S0217&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.americanprogressaction.org%2Fatf%2Fcf%2F%257B65464111-BB20-4C7D-B1C9-0B033DD31B63%257D%2F100DAYS.PDF
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Brookings Forum: "Welfare Reform Ten Years Later"
Brookings Institution held a forum entitled "Work Over
Welfare: Welfare Reform Ten Years Later" on
Thursday, November 16. Featured speakers included
Newt Gingrich, who was the Speaker of the House of
Representatives in 1996 when President Clinton
signed the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) into law
and Charles Stenholm a former Congressman from
Texas who "crossed the aisle" to work with the
Republican majority to craft the welfare legislation.
Mr. Gingrich noted that by the time Congress acted
to reform the Aid to Families with Dependent Children
(AFDC) program, the vast majority of the public
favored welfare reform*including a majority of
welfare recipients. Mr. Gingrich also indicated that
while results have been positive for many of the
families who exited cash assistance, there are others
for whom it has not been successful. He stated
that "[T]here are across this country a substantial
number of Americans who are outside the system,
who don't know how to be productive, don't know
how to lead complete lives, don't know how to get
educated and when they look at these income
distribution patterns * if you adjust for the number of
people who are literally out of the system, just
redistributing money is not going to get them there."
The panelists following Mr. Gingrich and Mr.
Stenholm's presentation further explored the
outcomes of welfare reform, the outlook for the
upcoming Congress, and the need to focus on the
single men who are often non-custodial parents who
remain in dire poverty.
Forum Transcript - http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=zmxcr9bab.0.loi8r9bab.jzu96nbab.1191&ts=S0217&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.brookings.edu%2Fcomm%2Fevents%2F20061116welfare.pdf
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