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The flim flam of The Employment Policy Institute
/Thursday, March 13, 2014/ | Posted by Jim Hightower
Mothers everywhere warn children not to put any food in their mouths
unless they know where it came from. The same should apply to putting
information in our heads.
For instance, the Employment Policy Institute has recently run full-page
newspaper ads alerting the public and policymakers that an impressive
group of some 650 economists who are supporting an increase in America's
minimum wage includes many who are "radical researchers." The
institute's message is that no one should listen to, much less respect,
this group of economists.
...
And, by the way, what and who is the Employment Policy Institute? Sounds
legit, but is it? Not at all. It's a non-profit front group run by
longtime corporate operative Richard Berman. It gets millions of dollars
in tax-exempt donations from fast-food chains and other corporate
interests trying to kill the wage increase, then funnels that money into
Berman's for-profit PR firm, which also represents the restaurant industry.
...
This phony institute is a scam and a scandal -- so momma says don't put
any of its stuff in your head.
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