Minimum Wage
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Greek austerity talks stall on pension cuts
… the public sector in 2012, but is under pressure to impose deeper cuts, including reductions in pension payments and the minimum wage . Leaders of three parties making up the 3-month-old Greek coalition have been under intense pressure to accept …
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GOP targets child tax break for illegal immigrants
… Says Leticia Miranda, senior policy adviser of the National Council of La Raza: "People who are making close to the minimum wage and are raising children in this country — and we're asking them to pay for the payroll tax cut?" She says, "It …
Audio & Video
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What is the 'Middle Class"?New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is advising Presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney to release his federal taxes returns to give people the chance to look and see what he pays in taxes and his income. Jen wanted to know why the candidates are focusing on these types of issues and why are they not focusing on the middle class and what can be done to help the middle class people. Do you care what the Presidential candidates make and pay in taxes?
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Venture vs. VultureThe Venture Capitalist vs. The Vulture Socialist. That is how the match up between Mitt Romney and President Obama is being characterized in The American Spectator. Howie was certain who he would rather have in charge.
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Rhetorical Ads?
Politico thought that Howie was too tough on Newt Gingrich yesterday and perhaps the anti Mitt ads were not as flagrantly dishonest as they first appeared. Howie disagreed.
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Business professor James B. Huntington: "It's the end of full employment,"Neither political side is getting anywhere. Conservatives are wrong: cutting taxes is not the answer. Liberals are wrong: blaming businesses, increasing the minimum wage or encouraging unionization won’t help either. All signs point to even fewer jobs in the future.
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Should the Payroll Tax be Extended?
Guest Host Garrett Quinn, Rob Eno from the Red Mass Group, David Kravitz from the Blue Mass group and Gin Dumscius news editor atthe Dorchester Reporter discussed if the payroll tax cut should go through and how it would effect the common man.
Pages & Blogs
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Does Minimum Wage Work (For Unions?)
As some argue for an international minimum wage law, it's worth revisiting Milton Friedman, as he explains how minimum wage laws push low-end workers out of the job market. There are no positive objectives achieved by minimum wages. It’s …
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Party of Love Loves Again
… uncontainable. “I’ve never served with such an idiotic, racist, sexist, homophobic person in my life. If you think that the minimum wage needs to be three dollars an hour, vote for Bill Brady. If you think that women have no rights whatsoever, except to have …
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Legitimate Questions
… SOHO PROPERTIES spent $45.7 million for a 12-story Chelsea office building at 31 West 27th Street Manhattan NY. In April 2002 Sharif El-Gamal was waiting tables at Serafina’s Restaurant in New York City for minimum wage and tips.
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Organized Rage
… slammed the idea during the campaign, this summer indicated he might be open to such an idea... And an increase in the minimum wage , which supporters pushed in the last Congress, when Republican George W. Bush was in the White House, hasn …
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An Educated Man
… healthcare, civil rights, and workforce training, and fighting against poverty. Its political clout helped boost the national minimum wage , legislation not directly benefiting its own well-paid members. Ah, the good old days - when unions managed to get workers …
