A minimum wage employee working full time (40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year) will earn $10,700 per year – almost $6,000 below the federal poverty guidelines of $16,600 for a family of three.
The concept is as simple as it is American: a fair wage for an honest day's work. Our economy is built on that promise, but it hasn't been kept for nine years. In that time, the cost of living soared, our nation's working families suffered, and the Republican Congress gave itself annual pay raises totaling almost $35,000.
Add your name to Senator Kennedy's and tell Congress why you believe America deserves a raise.
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