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Raising Wages for Low-Wage Workers, High-Tech Immigration, and Googling Tax Subsidies
Jan 11, 2007

Some opponents of the minimum wage argue that Earned Income Tax Credit is a complete substitute. However, as a new Urban Institute report emphasizes, "raising the EITC enough to offset the loss in purchasing power of the minimum wage could prove costly," and the EITC system would have to be expanded to a far larger portion of working families to make up for the lost value of the minimum wage.

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Job Pirates of the Suburbs, Poverty, Challenges Facing Young Families, and Education Post-Katrina
Dec 14, 2006
What's sadder than cities subsidizing rich corporations with fat tax breaks? How about suburbs paying to move jobs around the same metro area, as Good Jobs First documents in a new study on "job piracy" in the Twin Cities Metro Area, a trend that wastes taxpayer money and deepens economic inequality. A parallel study by Brookings on Michigan found that economic subsidies were encouraging sprawl and wealthier communities at the expense of existing central cities.
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SCHIP Shortfalls, the Economy Disconnect, and Suburban Poverty
Dec 07, 2006

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities warns that 17 states will face federal funding shortages in critical SCHIP programs, with total shortfall across the states totaling nearly $1 billion.

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Health Care Research, Minimum Wage and Employment, Low-Income Spending, and Voting Glitches
Nov 30, 2006
Before you take "expert advice" on health care reform that mysteriously seems to enrich companies like the pharmaceutical industry, check out a new study to be published in the New England Journal of Medicine which finds that one-third of review-board members who monitor patient studies in US hospitals take money from the companies whose products are being tested.
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Medicaid Costs, Chesapeake Bay, Education Expenses, and Fair Trade Wins
Nov 16, 2006

In another sign that the private sector isn't all it's cracked up to be when it comes to health care, the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities notes that "Medicaid costs are growing more slowly than costs for Medicare or private insurance."

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Union Voters, Religious Voters, Income Inequality, and Exurbia
Nov 09, 2006
The AFL-CIO released a post-election survey highlighting how union members made the difference in progressive victories around the country. Check out their powerpoint presentation on how union members split 74% to 26% in favor of Democrats and the strategies that turned out these voters for the midterm elections.
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Exurb Living and Transit Costs, Economic Poaching, Wage Growth, and Public Health Cracks and Strains
Nov 02, 2006
While many families move to sprawling exurbs because they think the housing is more affordable, a new study by the Center for Housing Policy finds that increased transit costs in the exurbs means that for every dollar a working family saves on housing, the spend 77 cents more on transportation- a report that for the first time measures the combined housing and transit costs in 29 metropolitian areas at the neighborhood level.
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State EITCs, Minimum Wage Trends, Health Care Satisfaction, Low-Income Legal Assistance, Uninsured Children
Oct 26, 2006

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities finds that a rising number of low-income working families are being helped by state level Earned Income Tax Credits (EITCs).

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