> From: Tavis Barr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [PEN-L:11519] Re: Child tax credit
> The package can only be helpful. But unfortuanately, in NYC, minimum wage
> for workfare workers _is_ far less than minimum. The average
Although I've opposed the budget deal, by all appearances
it will include a requirement that workfare/welfare people be
paid the minimum wage in cash (e.g., no offsets for Medicaid
and whatnot). That is probably the most important, neglected
aspect of what is otherwise mostly a bad deal.
Cheers,
MBS
"People say I'm arrogant, but I know better."
-- John Sununu
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