Thursday, January 2, 2014

Time: Study by University of Massachusetts-Amherst Economist Claims that a Minimum Wage Increase Would Bring Over 4 Million out of Poverty


Eliana Dockterman's article at Time is linked below.

Eliana Docterman: Study Maintains a Minimum Wage Increase Would Reduce U.S. Poverty

"If Congress were to go through with the plan backed by President Obama to raise the minimum hourly wage from $7.25 to $10.10, 4.6 million people would rise above the poverty line, a new study says."
---Eliana Docterman, Time 

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