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Lynn C. Woolsey: “It is about time to make work pay more than welfare. When I was on welfare 28 years ago, I had to go for aid for…”

On the recordAugust 2, 1996
It is about time to make work pay more than welfare. When I was on welfare 28 years ago, I had to go for aid for dependent children because my wages were so low that I could not afford the health care, the child care and the food that my three small children needed. Too many American workers face that same situation today. In fact, many minimum wage earners look like I did 28 years ago. Sixty percent of minimum wage earners are woman; one-fifth are single parents. Increasing the minimum wage will mean that these parents and others can depend on work rather than welfare to support their children. Increasing the minimum wage will prevent the need for welfare in the first place. Increasing the minimum wage is the right thing to do, it is the smart thing to do, and it makes work pay. It is about time, Mr. Speaker.
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Lynn C. Woolsey
California
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Addressing the need to increase the minimum wage during a speech on welfare reform.

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