- Feb 2016
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www.newsmax.com www.newsmax.com
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A raise in the minimum wage would particularly help minorities, who make up more than 40 percent of minimum wage earners
raising the minimum wage will make everybody more equal
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More lower-income people would have more money in their pockets, so this would help boost the economy
more people will have money in their pocket so the economy will benefit from that
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www.usatoday.com www.usatoday.com
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Of our nation's more than 25 million low-wage workers who would benefit from an increase—nine million who are parents supporting roughly 14 million children —most are paid wages so low that they bring home incomes below or just above the federal poverty level.
so many people will have a positive outcome from increasing the minimum wage
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Since then, the cost of life's essentials have shot up. Groceries cost 20% more, a gallon of gas costs 25%more, and average tuition at a community college increased 44%
cost of living has went up for many different things, but minimum wage has not. so basically, minimum wage has decresed
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www.debate.org www.debate.org
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raising the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour would not only directly benefit those making the new minimum wage but it would also benefit a single person family (working) that makes up to $68,825 per year, by putting more money in his pocke
most people think that raising the minimum wage will help the poor people but it will help even higher class people more
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A minimum wage hike will increase the number of jobs in the United States and is likely to increase the nation's gross domestic product
more jobs will be created and we create more money for the government
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2 out of 3 Americans Support Raising the Minimum Wage
most people believe that minimum wage should be raised
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Increasing the federal minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $10.10 per hour will mostly benefit the U.S. Economy.
raising minimum wage will help the economy the most . why not increase
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www.alternet.org www.alternet.org
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It Would Help People Get Off Of Food Stamps. A study by the Center for American Progress found that raising the minimum wage to $10.10 would help 3.5 million Americansget off food stamps.
this also will give them a boost in confidence. some people dont like having to rely on foodstamps
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It Won’t Hurt Job Creation. States have raised the minimum wage 91 times since 1987 during periods of high unemployment, and in more than half of those instances the unemployment rate actually fell.
people wont work for nothing, they rather find illegal ways but when they can make good money for work they will and the unemployment rate will drop
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It Will Reduce Income Inequality. The average CEO shouldn’t make 933 times more than a full-time minimum wage worker.
it should be that big of a gap between this
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It Will Put Money Into The Pockets Of Hard-Working Americans. Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 will raise wages for 28 million workers by $35 billion in total. Since many of those workers will turn around and spend that money, that is a huge boost for the economy.
works will make more money but most likely they will spend it in the economy so money will stay
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thinkprogress.org thinkprogress.org
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Raising the wage to $10.10 an hour would lift 3.5 million people of color out of poverty and help close the gender wage gap.
this will help more people with color and improve the gender gap.
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There is little evidence that it would hurt jobs, but it would very likely help businesses through increasing demand, lowering turnover, and boosting prices and would give the economy a big boost thanks to more money in people’s pockets to spend on purchases.
if the economy improves, more more will stay in the economy and thats good
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A recent poll showed that 80 percent of Americans support raising the wage to $10.10 an hour,
if 80 percent of americans believe that we should raise minimum wage, why hasnt it been raised yet?
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Full-time minimum wage workers earn just $14,500 a year, which for someone with two kids means living $3,000 below the poverty line.
working full isnt even enough to provide for your family on minimum wage
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keystoneresearch.org keystoneresearch.org
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This estimate is based on Economic Policy Institute figures that show how the $1.9 billion in total wage increases from a $10.10 minimum wage would be spread across the family income distribution
families will see the impact of raising the minimum wage
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ncreasing the minimum wage pushes more families from the range in which the state pays nearly half the cost of Medicaid
this shows the increasing the minimum wage affects many other things
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Adding $121.5 million in state tax revenue to the $104 million in state Medicaid cost savings yields an estimated total of $225.5 million in benefits to the state budget for the 2016-17 fiscal year.
rising the minimum wage will generate about $225.5 million in benefits to the states budges
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The state would also benefit financially from a $10.10 minimum wage increase because the resulting increase in wages and incomes would generate an estimated $121.5 million more in state income and sales tax revenue
the state will highly benefit with increasing the minimum wage bacause the state revenue will be 104 billion in taxes
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keystoneresearch.org keystoneresearch.org
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More than half a million PA children live in households that would get a boost.
not only people with the jobs benefit from the increase, their families will feel the impact too
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Building an annual cost of living adjustment into the state minimum wage is a simple and effective way to prevent inflation from driving more low-wage workers into poverty.
raising the minimum wage is a simple and effective way to prevent inflation from low paying working in to poverty
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With job losses from a higher minimum wage unlikely we estimate that an increase in the minimum wage to $10.10 would boost total wages in Pennsylvania by $1.8 billion boosting consumer spending and creating as result 6,000 jobs.
increasing the minimum wage, 6000 jobs could be created
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87% of the workers who would benefit are adults (age 20 and older).
raising the minimum wage benefit my generation the most.
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www.portal.state.pa.us www.portal.state.pa.us
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Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate for 2007 was lower than the national average. Also, the overall number of jobs hit an all time high for the time period in which the minimum wage increase was implemented.
More jobs were created and less people were unemployed after the minimum wage was increased
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Industry data shows a less than 1% decline in retail trade and manufacturing employment over the short term (1 to 3 months later) after January and July 2007.
this shows that increasing the minimum wage is good for the economy. only a 1% decline in the retail and manufacturing employment after the last increased minimum wage
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Until December 31, 2006, $5.15 an hour. Beginning January 1, 2007, $5.65 an hour. Beginning July 1, 2007, $6.65 an hour. Beginning July 1, 2008, $7.15 an hour. Beginning 24, 2009, $7.25 an hour.
PA minimum wage looks like it was increasing almost every year until 2009. why did it stop increasing ?
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Beginning 24, 2009, $7.25 an hour
Minimum wage in PA was on increased since July 24, 2009. in been almost seven years; why hasnt it increased since then
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www.democratandchronicle.com www.democratandchronicle.com
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With more income, families could spend more in the local economy. Cuomo said at one point that spending statewide could increase by $3 billion with a higher minimum wage.
the economy can make so much more by increasing the minimum wage. raising the minimum wage is not just helping the poor people
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- Dec 2015
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www.politico.com www.politico.com
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“Isn’t that what we want - a safe product to feed our families?”
Parents have more important things to worry about than worrying about what their kids eating in school.
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Lean finely textured beef brings down the cost of ground beef by about 3 percent, which can add up quickly in a program that feeds more than 31 million school children each day.
Only reason the government is using pink slim is because it is 3% cheaper that ground beef. That adds up to feed 31 million school children a day.
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Schools have the option to request the type of beef they want to serve and USDA fulfills those orders,” Black said.
Schools have the option if they want to sell these products. they dont have too but they do because they all cheaper. Either the school is cheep or the School district is cheap
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Before the pink slime issue exploded last spring, schools were serving up about 7 million pounds of the product per year.
before the whole pink slim problem, schools was selling 7 pounds of the pink slim products a year. But now, schools dropped their beef textured lunches about 95%
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Before the pink slime issue exploded last spring, schools were serving up about 7 million pounds of the product per year.
before the whole pink slim problem, schools was selling 7 pounds of the pink slim products a year. But now, schools dropped their beef textured lunches about 95%
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Before the pink slime issue exploded last spring, schools were serving up about 7 million pounds of the product per year.
before the whole pink slim problem, schools was selling 7 pounds of the pink slim products a year. But now, schools dropped their beef textured lunches about 95%
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Before the pink slime issue exploded last spring, schools were serving up about 7 million pounds of the product per year.
before the whole pink slim problem, schools was selling 7 pounds of the pink slim products a year. But now, schools dropped their beef textured lunches about 95%
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Before the pink slime issue exploded last spring, schools were serving up about 7 million pounds of the product per year.
before the whole pink slim problem, schools was selling 7 pounds of the pink slim products a year. But now, schools dropped their beef textured lunches about 95%
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Before the pink slime issue exploded last spring, schools were serving up about 7 million pounds of the product per year.
before the whole pink slim problem, schools was selling 7 pounds of the pink slim products a year. But now, schools dropped their beef textured lunches about 95%
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Before the pink slime issue exploded last spring, schools were serving up about 7 million pounds of the product per year.
before the whole pink slim problem, schools was selling 7 pounds of the pink slim products a year. But now, schools dropped their beef textured lunches about 95%
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Before the pink slime issue exploded last spring, schools were serving up about 7 million pounds of the product per year.
before the whole pink slim problem, schools was selling 7 pounds of the pink slim products a year. But now, schools dropped their beef textured lunches about 95%
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Before the pink slime issue exploded last spring, schools were serving up about 7 million pounds of the product per year.
before the whole pink slim problem, schools was selling 7 pounds of the pink slim products a year. But now, schools dropped their beef textured lunches about 95%
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Before the pink slime issue exploded last spring, schools were serving up about 7 million pounds of the product per year.
before the whole pink slim problem, schools was selling 7 pounds of the pink slim products a year. But now, schools dropped their beef textured lunches about 95%
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Before the pink slime issue exploded last spring, schools were serving up about 7 million pounds of the product per year.
before the whole pink slim problem, schools was selling 7 pounds of the pink slim products a year. But now, schools dropped their beef textured lunches about 95%
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Before the pink slime issue exploded last spring, schools were serving up about 7 million pounds of the product per year.
before the whole pink slim problem, schools was selling 7 pounds of the pink slim products a year. But now, schools dropped their beef textured lunches about 95%
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Before the pink slime issue exploded last spring, schools were serving up about 7 million pounds of the product per year.
before the whole pink slim problem, schools was selling 7 pounds of the pink slim products a year. But now, schools dropped their beef textured lunches about 95%
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Before the pink slime issue exploded last spring, schools were serving up about 7 million pounds of the product per year.
before the whole pink slim problem, schools was selling 7 pounds of the pink slim products a year. But now, schools dropped their beef textured lunches about 95%
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Before the pink slime issue exploded last spring, schools were serving up about 7 million pounds of the product per year.
before the whole pink slim problem, schools was selling 7 pounds of the pink slim products a year. But now, schools dropped their beef textured lunches about 95%
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Before the pink slime issue exploded last spring, schools were serving up about 7 million pounds of the product per year.
before the whole pink slim problem, schools was selling 7 pounds of the pink slim products a year. But now, schools dropped their beef textured lunches about 95%
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Before the pink slime issue exploded last spring, schools were serving up about 7 million pounds of the product per year.
before the whole pink slim problem, schools was selling 7 pounds of the pink slim products a year. But now, schools dropped their beef textured lunches about 95%
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Before the pink slime issue exploded last spring, schools were serving up about 7 million pounds of the product per year.
before the whole pink slim problem, schools was selling 7 pounds of the pink slim products a year. But now, schools dropped their beef textured lunches about 95%
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Before the pink slime issue exploded last spring, schools were serving up about 7 million pounds of the product per year.
before the whole pink slim problem, schools was selling 7 pounds of the pink slim products a year. But now, schools dropped their beef textured lunches about 95%
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Before the pink slime issue exploded last spring, schools were serving up about 7 million pounds of the product per year.
before the whole pink slim problem, schools was selling 7 pounds of the pink slim products a year. But now, schools dropped their beef textured lunches about 95%
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Before the pink slime issue exploded last spring, schools were serving up about 7 million pounds of the product per year.
before the whole pink slim problem, schools was selling 7 pounds of the pink slim products a year. But now, schools dropped their beef textured lunches about 95%
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Before the pink slime issue exploded last spring, schools were serving up about 7 million pounds of the product per year.
before the whole pink slim problem, schools was selling 7 pounds of the pink slim products a year. But now, schools dropped their beef textured lunches about 95%
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As of Sept. 3, seven states put in orders to the USDA for about 2 million pounds of beef that may contain the controversial product for the meals they serve in the 2013-14 school year. At this time last year there were only three states — Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota — that had put in orders for beef that may contain lean finely textured beef.
Sever states ordered 2 million pounds of beef. This time last time was on 3
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As of Sept. 3, seven states put in orders to the USDA for about 2 million pounds of beef that may contain the controversial product for the meals they serve in the 2013-14 school year. At this time last year there were only three states — Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota — that had put in orders for beef that may contain lean finely textured beef.
This time last year, it was on Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota. now Seven states put in a order for 2 million POUNDS of beef.
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- Nov 2015
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secure-media.collegeboard.org secure-media.collegeboard.org
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Food begins to lose nutrition as soon as it is harvested.
Locally grown foods are more nutritious.
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Food begins to lose nutrition as soon as it is harvested. Fruit and vegetables that travel shorter distances are therefore likely to be closer to a maximum of nutrition.
Food traveling short distance have more nutrition
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