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JM Bell | July 13, 2006
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Debunking the Myths – well, lies, really, about the minimum wage
JM Bell | July 12, 2006
Democrats want to raise the minimum wage to $7.25 per hour, benefiting millions of American workers and their families. For the ninth year in a row, Republicans are blocking this effort even while they pursue a raise in their own salaries. While those opposed to giving Americans their well-deserved raise spread myths about what a [...]
The Minimum Wage and CEO Pay
JM Bell | July 12, 2006
click the photo for a handy graph The top-earning executives in the country are faring far better than minimum wage workers in the Bush economy. While more and more working Americans are feeling the squeeze of rising costs, chief executives have been immune from these pressures. Last year alone, the average total pay for chief [...]
Health Care and the Minimum Wage
JM Bell | July 12, 2006
click the photo for a handy chart Health-care costs have also increased dramatically over the past few years. While even middle and upper class families are struggling to absorb those costs, those earning the minimum wage are being left behind entirely. Most of these workers do not receive any health care from their employers. Only [...]
The Minimum Wage and Presidential Pay
JM Bell | July 12, 2006
Congress approved legislation in 2000 to double the President’s annual salary from $200,000 to $400,000, effective January 20, 2001. This jump, like the automatic Congressional pay increase, was deemed “a case of simple equity” to allow the President’s salary to keep pace with inflation.[i] However, while President Bush has benefited from Congress’s recognition that the [...]
More on the Minimum Wage – Greed and the Congress
JM Bell | July 12, 2006
Click the photo for an easy guide. The salary of a Member of Congress is now $165,200.[i] In June of 2006, the House of Representatives approved another Congressional pay increase for 2007.[ii] If the Senate also approves this automatic increase, Congressional pay will rise by another $3,300 next year, to a total of $168,500. Yet, [...]
Who doesn't deserve health care?
JM Bell | July 10, 2006
Today’s Salt Lake Tribune reports advocates for Utah’s poor have launched a petition drive to show support for universal health care coverage. Perhaps it is time to put the question another way, who does not deserve health insurance? The working poor? Children of the working poor? Those with chronic diseases like diabetes that often can’t [...]
30 Seconds – Do It Now
JM Bell | July 7, 2006
CLICK THIS LINK AND VOTE Seriously, take 30 seconds and vote for Pete NOW. 30 seconds. Maybe even 20. This could be a mighty shot in the arm for Pete’s campaign. Stop reading this, click on the link and vote already.
Economy good? Wages Down? Logic disconnects
JM Bell | July 7, 2006
An interesting post from The Washington Monthly “Riddle me this: if the Fed tries to put the brakes on wages every time they creep up from negative to zero, what will hourly wages look like over the long term? “Answer: consistently down. Which is exactly what they’ve looked like over the past several decades. “The [...]
Osama … Osama … you know, that name rings a bell …
JM Bell | July 5, 2006
The president’s interest in capturing Osama bin Laden has evolved over time. After the al Qaeda leader orchestrated the attacks of 9/11, Bush pledged to get bin Laden “dead or alive.” Six months later, after bin Laden proved to be elusive, the president said, “I truly am not that concerned about him.” So it should [...]
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