JCTV+(Increase+the+Minimum+Wage)

"Raising the minimum wage" 66 total as of 4-14-09

Spencer, Naomi. __A million more americans living in poverty__. 9/1/05. 4/3/09 [|www.wsws.org/article/2005/sep2005/cens-so1.shtml].
 * 1) U.S poverty increased and between 2003-2004 more lost health insurance. TB
 * 2) 11.3% (31.6 million)of american lived below federal poverty threshold, as of 2000. TB
 * 3) Average increase of 1 million people a year. TB
 * 4) Poverty rate does not factor key expeses that many americans have to pay as the working class. TB
 * 5) Family of four poverty threshold is $19,350. TB
 * 6) A person living in his or her home is considered in poverty only if they earn less than $9,570 a year. TB
 * 7) Last year 45.8 million people had no form of medical coverage. TB
 * 8) 79 million americans depend on government funded programs, including medicade and medicare for health insurance. TB
 * 9) The median earnings for a women annually has declined by one percent to $31,550. TB
 * 10) The median earnings for a man annually has declined by 2.3 percent to $40,798. TB
 * 11) For men these earnings are less than the median income for men in 1973. TB
 * 12) The unemployment rate exceeds 5 percent leaving out the long-term unemployed. TB

4/6/09 [] 
 * 1) Minimum wage is determined by the CPI-W. VE
 * 2) The CPI is consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers. VE
 * 3) The iniative 688 was approved by washington voters in 1998. VE
 * 4) Teenagers at age of 14 or 15 can be paid 85% of the minimum wage. VE

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, // Occupational Outlook // Handbook //, 2008-09 Edition //, Police and Detectives, on the Internet at ** http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos160.htm ** (visited // April 06, 2009 //). 
 * 1) The average annual salary of an NFL player is $795,000. JS
 * 2) The average annual salary of a police chief at minimum is $78,547. CW
 * 3) In May 2006 the Median annual earnings are 43,510 in the federal government, 52,540 in the state government, and 47,190 in local government. NC

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 * 1) According to the labor department roughly 2 million workers nationwide are paid the federal minimum wage or less. CW
 * 2) Half of the workers paid minimum wage are 25 years older and 4 percent are 65 years and older. CW
 * 3) If minimum wage is increased small businesses have to lay off their workers or shut-down immeadietly. CW
 * 4) For every 10% increase in the minimum wage there is a 1% disemployment that happens. CW
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Of the 1,000 small-business owners surveyed 70% said raising the minimum wage would have a small effect on there business. CW
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">35.9 million or 12.5% of the U.S. is in poverty. CW

<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, Arial, Helvetica;">Leger, Daniella. __The Facts About Minimum Wage__. January 8, 2007. 4/7/09 <http://www.americanprogress.org/pressroom/releases/2007/01/min_wage.html>. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">[|twelve] million a dult-wage earners, will directly benefit from the minimum wage increase JS
 * 2) seven million families with children, currently recieve all of their earnings through a minimum wage job. JS
 * 3) a 2006 opinion poll found that 83% of americans support support an increase in the federal minimum wage. JS
 * 4) a decade of federal inaction has prompted 29 states including D.C to raise the minimum wage. JS
 * 5) The minimum wage increase WILL NOT destroy job increases. JS
 * 6) The raise in the minimum wage will not destroy the economy. JS
 * 7) the maryland minimum wage is $6.55. JS
 * 8) 80% of people who make minimum wage would benifit(12 million people). CW
 * 9) 7 million families with kids earn all there money from minimum wage jobs. CW
 * 10) 9 million women or 59% of minimumwage works would benifit from the raise.CW
 * 11) 6 million colored people or 40% of wage earners would benfit from the increase. CW
 * 12) anual earings would increase at least $4,700. CW
 * 13) without increase a family of three with one minimum wage earner would be about $5,400 below poverty line. CW
 * 14) the 350 largest public companies, the average CEO earned $11.6 million in 2005. CW
 * 15) this mean those CEO's could make the minimum wage anual salary in 1 hour and 55 minutes. CW
 * 16) the increase will boost the earnings of 13 million americans witch is 9.8% of the work force. JS
 * 17) the average business can fully cover the wage cost by a 0.1% increase in revenue. JS
 * 18) between 1997 and 2003 states with higher minimum wages job growth was 9.4% higher than state at 6.6% (federal level).JS
 * 19) 1998-2003 higher waged states small businesses increased by 5.5% more than the 4.2% in the states at federal level. JS
 * 20) the inactivity of the federal government for a decade caused 29 states and D.C. to raise minimum wages over $5.15. JS
 * 21) 2006 poll showed that 86% favored an increase in minimum wage. JS
 * 22) chance for bipartisanship. in 2006 governors and state legislature combined paries to raise minimum wage. JS
 * 23) Poverty is not having what you need. CW

<span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msobidilanguage: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, Arial, Helvetica;">__WAGE & HOUR FACT SHEET__. July 24, 2008. 4/7/09 <http://www.dllr.state.md.us/labor/wagehrfacts.shtml>.
 * # the minimum only has to be paid to employees that are covered. VE
 * 1) it only has to be paid up to 40 hours in a week. VE
 * 2) maryland governor = Martin O'Malley. VE
 * 3) maryland Lt. Governor = Anthony G. Brown. VE
 * 4) maryland Secretary = Thomas E. Perez. VE
 * 5) the following people don't have to be paid minimum wage: some agricultural workers, executives, administative, and professional employees. VE
 * 6) people that have $30 in a month, in tips, are aloud to be paid $2.13. VE

4/10/09 http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/wages/minimumwage.htm
 * 1) the U.S. Department of labor enforces minimum wage. VE
 * 2) Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is where the federal minimum wage is held. VE
 * 3) the FLSA is not who pays or collects it for employees. VE
 * 4) the employees do it their selves. VE
 * 5) if an employee can get both the federal and state wage they would recieve the higher one. VE
 * 6) if the employee is under 20 years of age paid $4.25. VE
 * 7) after the employee have reched 20 years old or 90 concecutive working calendar days they must be paid regular amount. VE
 * 8) minimum wage goes up by the president signing a bill that congress has passed. VE
 * 9) applies to employees of companies that gross sales are over $500,000; people that use communication devices for interstate comerce, and other people who help with interstate comerce such as truckers, guards, and matinence personal. VE
 * 10) secratary of labor Hilda Solis. VE

<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, Arial, Helvetica;">Greenhouse, Steven. "Carwashes Violating Wage Laws, State Finds." __NYTimes__ 15 8 2008. NYTimes.com. 15 8 2008. N.Y./Region. 4/14/09 <http://www.nytimes,com/2008/08/16/nyregion/16carwash.html>. [|www.heritage.org]
 * 1) one out of every two car washes statewide pay their employees under minimumwage.NC
 * 2) State inspectors found that at one carwash on Long Island four workers said they were being paid $216 in wages for a 54-hour week, amounting to four dollars an hour. TB
 * 3) A state labor commisioner M. Patricia Smith said investigators visited 84 carwashes throughout New York and uncovered $6.5 million in underpayments to 1,380 workers. TB

1. studies show that raising the minimum wage will not reduce poverty. JS 2. those whom actually earn the minimum wage now will benefit only a little from an increase. JS

4/14/09 [] []
 * 1) the minimum wages all recently changed on july 24 the last two year. TB
 * 2) President Bush signed the minimum wage increase into law on May 25, 2007. TB
 * 3) The minimum wage was changed from $5.85 to $6.55 on July 24, 2008. TB
 * 1) Jan. 1, 2007 23 states had a minimum wage above federal wage. TB ||