I’m Delighted
Six months ago, I wrote several members of Congress with a suggestion concerning future minimum wage increases, but had not received a response. Incredibly yesterday, Senator Clinton sent the following e-mail. Excerpts from that e-mail appear below.
“Dear Mr. O’Leary:
“Thank you for contacting me about the minimum wage. I appreciate hearing from you on this important topic.
“This year, my colleagues and I in the Senate delivered on our promise to give working families the pay raise they need and deserve. The Senate and the House each passed separate bills to increase the minimum wage to $7.25 over two years. This increase was signed into law in May and went into effect in July of this year. This is a real victory for millions of working families who have waited ten long years for Congress to act.
“The passage of the minimum wage legislation will make a real difference in the lives of many Americans. Women especially will benefit from this wage increase. Nine million women earn the minimum wage - 59 percent of all minimum wage earners - many of them struggling to support families and make ends meet. This increase provides a pay raise of more than $4000 a year to help pay for groceries, housing, energy costs and all of the other necessities of every day life.
“I am proud to have introduced the “Standing with Minimum Wage Earners Act” in the 109th Congress, a bill to mandate that every time Congress gives itself a raise in the future that Americans earning the minimum wage get a raise as well. This is the right and fair thing to do for hardworking Americans.”
“Sincerely, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton”
I was delighted to read about the “Standing with Minimum Wage Earners Act.”
On several occasions, I’ve recommended this legislation on my website, Mind and Destiny. com
The entry of 4/24/07 stated: To insure faith in America and that economic injustice will not occur again, all pay raises for members of Congress should require a corresponding percentage increase in the minimum wage. For example a pay raise of $35,000 for a member of Congress, should at least require a $3.50 raise in the minimum wage over the same nine year period.
Please, request that your representative in the House consider sponsoring similar legislation.
“Dear Mr. O’Leary:
“Thank you for contacting me about the minimum wage. I appreciate hearing from you on this important topic.
“This year, my colleagues and I in the Senate delivered on our promise to give working families the pay raise they need and deserve. The Senate and the House each passed separate bills to increase the minimum wage to $7.25 over two years. This increase was signed into law in May and went into effect in July of this year. This is a real victory for millions of working families who have waited ten long years for Congress to act.
“The passage of the minimum wage legislation will make a real difference in the lives of many Americans. Women especially will benefit from this wage increase. Nine million women earn the minimum wage - 59 percent of all minimum wage earners - many of them struggling to support families and make ends meet. This increase provides a pay raise of more than $4000 a year to help pay for groceries, housing, energy costs and all of the other necessities of every day life.
“I am proud to have introduced the “Standing with Minimum Wage Earners Act” in the 109th Congress, a bill to mandate that every time Congress gives itself a raise in the future that Americans earning the minimum wage get a raise as well. This is the right and fair thing to do for hardworking Americans.”
“Sincerely, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton”
I was delighted to read about the “Standing with Minimum Wage Earners Act.”
On several occasions, I’ve recommended this legislation on my website, Mind and Destiny. com
The entry of 4/24/07 stated: To insure faith in America and that economic injustice will not occur again, all pay raises for members of Congress should require a corresponding percentage increase in the minimum wage. For example a pay raise of $35,000 for a member of Congress, should at least require a $3.50 raise in the minimum wage over the same nine year period.
Please, request that your representative in the House consider sponsoring similar legislation.
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