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In his speech to the Service Employees International
Union, AFL-CIO, in Chicago today, Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich said that
"the Republican plan goes from bad to worse. Their message for up to 4 million
working adults near the minimum wage is: 'You don't get a minimum wage
increase, you get a tax increase instead.' Let's stop the gimmicks. Let the
majority rule and let's raise the minimum wage for hard-working Americans
now."
According to the Department of Labor, the
Hutchinson-Ballenger proposal provides an Earned Income Tax Credit solely on
the basis of family status, failing to take current income into consideration.
The proposal is actually a tax increase on single workers and childless adults
by denying them access to the Earned Income Tax Credit.
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