1. Policies to Reduce Poverty
... argue that a new wage mandate will help reduce the rate"(Saltsman, 2013) which seems to be a very viable plan. The increase in minimum wage had been attempted by the federal government and multiple states throughout the country attempting to meet the objective of assisting the lowest waged worker in the hopes of fixing the economy and reducing the rates of poverty ... ;The goal of helping the working poor was also an important motivation behind the most recent legislation to increase the federal minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 per hour in 2007" ( Sabia and Burkhauser, 2010). The attempt...
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