When taking into account inflation, U.S. workers earning #minimumwage today earn less than in 1950. When you’re cutting the pay for people at the bottom by one third, you shouldn’t be that surprised that you’re not making progress on #poverty,” Jason Furman, chair of the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers, told an expert panel in Washington on Tuesday. The same day, leading economists and U.S. president #Obama came out in support of raising minimum wage to 10 dollars and 10 cents per hour. bit.ly/1aPPxOg
Posted on: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 18:25:36 +0000
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