We have almost as many people living in poverty, somewhere around 46 million, than at any time in the last 60 years.
We have the highest rate of childhood poverty of any major country on earth, somewhere around 22 percent.
I have really not heard almost anybody suggest that raising the minimum wage to the level that we have in Vermont has been an impediment to ...
Either you're for one or the other.
If somebody is going to work, that person has got to receive at least a wage that they can go out and live with dignity on.
With all due respect, Mr. Sherk, I think you--whether or not you're here representing the Heritage Foundation--are really not making a whole...
They're getting 20 hours a week. They're getting 30 hours a week. They are desperately trying to bring themselves out of poverty.
So we remove the incentive to work by having adequate social programs, so you're opposed to that.
Food stamps is an expensive, old-style program that rewards idleness.
If your minimum wage goes up, you're going to lose food stamps, you may lose part of the earned income tax credit.
real unemployment in America is close to 14 percent. It is even higher for young people, people of color, et cetera.
I worry that if we carry this, 'Well, kids don't do this. Kids don't get their hands dirty.' Nothing wrong with being a plumber or a carpent...
What do you think when we have 14 percent real unemployment in America? That may not be the case in your town.
But Dunkin' Donuts, do you think, cannot attract young American kids? Do you think they need people from all over the world?
a concern that many people have with regard to the current immigration bill on the floor right now is that the bill proposes to bring in hun...
If I can, Mr. Chairman, point out that one of the other problems that we have in this country is not only just low wages--and wages, in many...
Please end it as soon as possible. Exempt those programs which clearly serve the most vulnerable of our society, such as the OAA nutrition p...
When we invest in these programs, we save money, and sometimes some of my friends don't fully get that.
