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Conservable Economist: Timothy Taylor- Twenty Years Since The Welfare Reform of 1996
Source:The New Democrat Tim Taylor, makes some great points about the timing that Welfare to Work was done in 1996. The economy started booming again in 1994. The budget deficit was falling, unemployment was dropping. But we’ve had good economic … Continue reading
Posted in The New Democrat, War on Poverty
Tagged 104th Congress, 1996, America, Arkansas, Bill Clinton, Center Right, Classical Liberalism, Classical Liberals, Democratic Party, Economic Freedom, Education, Job Placement, Job Training, Liberal Democracy, Liberalism, Liberals, Limited Government, Living wage, Minimum Wage, New Democrats, Newt Gingrich, Personal Responsibility, Poverty in America, Republican Party, Ron Haskins, TANF, Temporary Assistance For Needy Families, The 1990s, Timothy Taylor, Trent Lott, U.S. Congress, U.S. Government, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, United States, Welfare Reform, Welfare to Work, Work Requirements
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The Nation: Rebecca Vallas & Melissa Boteach: Paul Ryan Just Accidentally Made a Great Case For Raising The Minimum Wage
Source:The New Democrat Am I missing something here, or has The Nation come back down to Planet Earth and finally just left Planet Utopia where there’s no such thing as war, poverty, bigotry, everything that most people see as bad? … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, The New Democrat
Tagged 114th Congress, 2015, America, House Republicans, Low-Income Workers, Low-Skilled Workers, Melissa Boteach, Minimum Wage, Paul Ryan, Poverty, Poverty in America, Public Assistance, Rebecca Vallas, Speaker Paul Ryan, U.S. Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, United States, Welfare Reform, Welfare to Work, Wisconsin
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Economist’s View: Alan Krueger: The Minimum Wage: How Much is Too Much?
Source:The New Democrat Good question, because how is a job where the employee bags groceries, rings up groceries, makes cheeseburgers, cleans up after people, takes orders from customers, worth. Not as much as the person who hires those people, or … Continue reading
Posted in New Left, The New Democrat
Tagged 2015, Alan Krueger, America, Center Right, Classical Liberalism, Classical Liberals, Economic Freedom, Education, Employee Compensation, Employers, Entry-Level Workers, Individual Freedom, Job Training, Liberalism, Liberals, Low-Income Workers, Low-Skilled Workers, Low-Wage Workers, Minimum Wage, Personal Responsibility, Poverty in America, Robert Reich, United States
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VOA News: Janet Weinstein- Activists: ‘Higher US Minimum Wage Still Not High Enough’
Source:VOA News: Janet Weinstein- Activists: ‘Higher US Minimum Wage Still Not High Enough’ The so-called conservative economist in this piece, said something that is simply false and perhaps even insulting to minimum wage workers, that I have to correct, or … Continue reading
AEI Ideas: James Pethokoukis- Reward Work
Source:AEI Ideas I like James Pethokoukis ideas that he listed as far as not only the Earned Income Tax Credit which along with Welfare to Work are two of the best anti-poverty programs ever created, but also as far as … Continue reading
The National Memo: Froma Harrop: Progressives Don’t Need Washington All That Much
The New Democrat The National Memo: Opinion: Froma Harrop: Progressives Don’t Need Washington All That Much There’s a tiny little state in New England right next door of New Hampshire which is happens to be the Libertarian Republic of New … Continue reading
Posted in Progressive, The New Democrat
Tagged Democratic Socialism, Democratic Socialists, Federalism, Federalists, Froma Harrop, Minimum Wage, Progressives, Progressivism, Safety Net, Social Democracy, Social Democrats, Social Insurance, Socialism, Socialist Republic of Vermont, Socialists, States Rights, Vermont, Welfare State
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Richard Nixon Foundation: Video: President Nixon Unveils Family Assistance Program in 1969
What President Nixon is talking about here in 1969 became what is now known as Welfare to Work. The bipartisan law that Congress passed in 1996 that was signed by President Bill Clinton. The old Welfare system was based on … Continue reading
The New York Times: Germany and the Minimum Wage
Source:The New Democrat The New York Times: Editorial Board: Germany and the Minimum Wage More evidence that Germany is not as socialist as it get’s stereotyped. The German Bundestag which is the lower chamber of the German Federal Parliament which … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, The New Democrat
Tagged America, German Minimum Wage, German Parliament, Germany, Minimum Wage
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Slate Magazine: Jay Porter: ‘A Small Business Owners Case For Raising the Minimum Wage’
Source:Slate Magazine– a pro-minimum wage rally. Source:The New Democrat “Nine or ten dollars an hour? Twelve? Or all the way to $15? For much of the country, significant minimum wage hikes are coming—at least in the areas where they haven’t … Continue reading
Posted in Slate Video, The New Democrat
Tagged 2014, America, American Capitalism, American Economy, American Private Enterprise, Capitalism, Consumer Spending, Cost of Living, Economic Freedom, Economic Growth, Individual Freedom, Jay Porter, Job Growth, Low-Wage Workers, Minimum Wage, Private Enterprise, Public Assistance, Purchasing Power, Raising the Minimum Wage, United States
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CNN: Crossfire: ‘Debating The Minimum Wage’
Source:CNN– Stephen Moore vs Ralph Nader. Source:The New Democrat “Crossfire hosts Newt Gingrich and Van Jones debate the proposed minimum wage increase with Ralph Nader and Stephen Moore” From CNN You would think people who call themselves Conservatives (and I say … Continue reading
Posted in CNN, The New Democrat
Tagged 2014, America, CNN, CNN Crossfire, Great Society, Low-Income Workers, Low-Skilled Workers, Minimum Wage, New Deal, Newt Gingrich, Poverty, Poverty in America, Ralph Nader, Stephen Moore, United States, Van Jones, Washington, Washington DC, Welfare
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