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James Norton: “We tried welfare reform without jobs. Do we want to put these same people to work without enough pay to live on? All the…”

On the recordApril 23, 1996
We tried welfare reform without jobs. Do we want to put these same people to work without enough pay to live on? All the welfare reform in the world will not do what a raise in the minimum wage will do. One hundred thousand kids would come out of poverty the day we lift the minimum wage. No bureaucrats, no training, just a small hike in the minimum wage. Not 1 cent added to the deficit. Why should we subsidize employers with food stamps and other benefits in order to allow them to pay less than a minimum wage? Reduce dependency on Government by increasing the responsibility of employers to pay a minimum wage.
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James Norton
Ohio

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Advocating for raising the minimum wage during a discussion on welfare reform.

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