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    :: Sunday, June 25, 2006 ::

    Minimum Wage: Lowest in 50 Years - AlterNet: WorkPlace
    The buying power of the federal minimum wage is currently at its lowest level in 51 years. Eighty-three percent of Americans favor an increase in the minimum wage (nearly half "strongly support" it). Yet, the House conservative leadership hasn't allowed a full floor vote on the minimum wage since the last increase went into effect, in 1997.
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    How would you respond to the position that an expansion of the Earned Income Credit would be much more effective and equitable than an increase in the minimum wage?
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