Effects of a Minimum Wage Increase on Social Safety Net
From the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (http://www.pennbpc.org): Increased income from raising minimum wage is greater, and in most cases, far greater than the loss in benefits and new taxes paid HARRISBURG—As Pennsylvania seriously considers raising the minimum wage for … Continued
Act Now to Protect Long-Term Sustainability of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid
ON JULY 21, JOIN THE PRESIDING BISHOPS OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH AND THE ELCA AS WE: PRAY for all those who rely on our nation’s social safety net programs to receive medical care or retirement income. Almighty and most merciful … Continued
Resources from Around the Coalition: FY18 Budget Priorities Edition
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2017/07/17/resources-from-around-the-coalition-fy18-budget-priorities-edition/#.WW0H3oTysdU By CHN July 17, 2017 Editor’s note: The following blog post was wirtten by Raquel Douglas, CHN’s Summer 2017 intern. One in four renter households unable to afford rent. Billions of dollars in cuts proposed to SNAP, rental assistance … Continued