Joseph Crowley actually said...

A just wage enables human beings to have adequate access to all the other goods which are destined for our common use.

To me that meaning strengthening, not weakening programs like the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit.

We have a tendency, as policymakers, to do an all-or-nothing design that we believe potentially... create a disincentive to work.

I know some have tried to dismiss these conditions as just anxiety and backaches. And that simply isn't the case.