PoliticalChic
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9. So....the Liar-in-Chief does his weekly address, and actually says:
"The average worker who would benefit is 35 years old."
Really? Lots of 35 year-olds making minimum wage?
" A different study by the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that 71 percent of minimum-wage workers are younger than 30 -- a starkly different picture of low-wage workers. ... We rate [Obama's] claim Mostly False." Barack Obama says the average minimum wage worker is 35 years old PolitiFact
False. Shocker, huh?
10.He went on:
"....that extra money (an increase in the the minimum wage by 39%) would help them pay the bills and provide for their families..."
a. Just more Liberal smoke and mirrors....the reported amount that those identifies 'poverty' is bogus.
" The official poverty measure obscures this by counting only pre-tax cash income and ignoring other sources of support. These include the earned-income tax credit (a rebate to low-income workers), food stamps, health insurance (Medicaid), and housing and energy subsidies.Spending by poor households from all sources may be double their reported income, reports a study by Nicholas Eberstadt of the American Enterprise Institute.
The existing poverty line could be improved by adding some income sources and subtracting some expenses (example: child care). Unfortunately, the administration's proposal for a "supplemental poverty measure" in 2011 -- to complement, not replace, the existing poverty line -- goes beyond these changes. The new poverty number would compound public confusion. It also raises questions about whether the statistic is tailored to favor a political agenda." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2010/05/30/AR2010053003296.html
"The average worker who would benefit is 35 years old."
Really? Lots of 35 year-olds making minimum wage?
" A different study by the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that 71 percent of minimum-wage workers are younger than 30 -- a starkly different picture of low-wage workers. ... We rate [Obama's] claim Mostly False." Barack Obama says the average minimum wage worker is 35 years old PolitiFact
False. Shocker, huh?
10.He went on:
"....that extra money (an increase in the the minimum wage by 39%) would help them pay the bills and provide for their families..."
a. Just more Liberal smoke and mirrors....the reported amount that those identifies 'poverty' is bogus.
" The official poverty measure obscures this by counting only pre-tax cash income and ignoring other sources of support. These include the earned-income tax credit (a rebate to low-income workers), food stamps, health insurance (Medicaid), and housing and energy subsidies.Spending by poor households from all sources may be double their reported income, reports a study by Nicholas Eberstadt of the American Enterprise Institute.
The existing poverty line could be improved by adding some income sources and subtracting some expenses (example: child care). Unfortunately, the administration's proposal for a "supplemental poverty measure" in 2011 -- to complement, not replace, the existing poverty line -- goes beyond these changes. The new poverty number would compound public confusion. It also raises questions about whether the statistic is tailored to favor a political agenda." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2010/05/30/AR2010053003296.html