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Excerpt from Small Business and Entry-Level Employees; How to Increase Take-Home Pay and Keep America Working: Hearing Before the Committee on Small Business, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, Washington, DC, May 15, 1996
At this point, however, I'd like to set the record straight about the typical minimum wage earner which we've heard a little about this morning. He is not a teenager flipping burgers after school for gas and money. The typical worker is actually a she an adult, working full-time supporting at least one child in her household, and often times working multiple jobs.
Even with the introduction and the expansion of the earned in come tax credit, which we certainly applaud, a worker supporting a household of four will earn 25 percent below the poverty level. For a smaller household of three the combination of the current minimum wage and the earned income tax credit will not raise them out of poverty.
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