Word: minimum
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Many will never have lived with, much less been friends with, someone who is lower middle class (never mind at the poverty level). Those deciding about federal loans, welfare, health care, the minimum wage and environmental policies will have no idea how those who are affected by the policies really live. They will have no idea what having "no money" actually means...
Consider a few examples that I observed. A dishwasher I knew had surpassed the minimum total hours needed to join the union, and thus earn benefits. The day after informing the management that he would like to begin receiving those benefits, he was fired...
...cases unless they are also facing criminal charges. In this case, I got involved initially in order to make arguments to the dean of the College that the matter should not be escalated into a complaint to the District Attorney but instead should be resolved internally and with a minimum of disruption to the lives of all concerned. I was not granted the courtesy of a meeting on this request before the Dean's Office and the HUPD reported the matter, and a criminal investigation of Itagaki and his roommates commenced...
...Thanks to the Internet, talk radio, C-SPAN and cable talk shows, voters this year have more direct access to candidates than ever before. The very day that ABC announced its offer of an hour in prime time, Bill Clinton was live on CNBC discussing Senate gridlock over the minimum wage. Then, minutes later, C-SPAN--the All Dole All the Time network when the Senate is in session--showed the majority leader rebutting the President. Internet Websites like TIME-CNN's AllPolitics http:www.allpolitics.com/ routinely include the full text of campaign speeches. But advocates are quick to retort that...
Although Feldstein declined to discuss policies mentioned, he said a proposal to raise the minimum wage--which has fallen to its lowest real level since the early 1950s--was "not a major subject...