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http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130201/NEWS02/302010303
Also, pay a visit to the National Employment Law Project webpage that shows that raising the federal minimum wage DOESN'T result in job loss, and that most low-wage employers are NOT small businesses, but, yep, you guessed it, LARGE AND VERY PROFITABLE CORPORATIONS WHO RECEIVE HUGE TAX BREAKS ON THEIR RECORD PROFITS.
Sorry to shout in large capital letters, but the myths against raising the minimum wage to something more livable (that keeps up with inflation at least), are as prevalent and inaccurate as the myths about homelessness.
Think I'm kidding? Read this article in the NY Times about homelessness and its causes. It was written in 1988—yep, a quarter century ago. Key quote:
"This weekend, Edward M. Kennedy, the Massachusetts Democrat who is chairman of the Senate Labor Committee, called the lack of affordable housing and the failure to raise the minimum wage ''a one-two punch'' that had ''devastated'' the homeless and the working poor. "
And nothing has changed. Politicians wring their hands, lacking the political courage and will to implement the obvious solutions (raising the minimum wage and offering tax breaks for people/companies who provide affordable housing, defined as charging no more than 1/4 of a person's income for rent.)
Meanwhile, the problem gets worse as the numbers increase due to inaction.
