Tag Archives: minimum wage

FactChecking Obama’s SOTU

Posted on February 13, 2013

President Obama put a rosy spin on several accomplishments of his administration in his 2013 State of the Union address. The president claimed that “both parties have worked together to reduce the deficit by more than $2.5 trillion.” But that’s only an estimate of deficit reduction through fiscal year 2022, and it would be lower …
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Flipping Through DNC Playbook on Romney

Posted on November 30, 2011

The Democratic National Committee casts Mitt Romney as an untrustworthy flip-flopper in a lengthy Web video, but pads a long list of examples with some falsehoods and distortions. It’s true that Romney has changed or modified his position on some major issues — including abortion, a federal assault weapons ban and Reaganomics, as the DNC says. But the video strains the truth …
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Sunday Replay

Posted on November 1, 2010

This weekend, the Sunday talkfests were dominated by predictions of how the makeup of the Senate and House might change after Tuesday’s elections. Halloween or not, clairvoyance isn’t a skill set we’ve mastered. We’re happy to wait for the actual results. Meanwhile, we highlight a few misleading, non-predictive comments from …
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Minimum Wage Workers and Poverty

Posted on February 14, 2008

Q: Is a minimum-wage worker officially in poverty? A: A single person working full time at the minimum wage would be barely above the poverty line. A single parent would be below it. FULL QUESTION I have always believed that the poverty line was below minimum wage. Is the poverty …
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