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Issue Position: Livable Wage

Issue Position

Date: Jan. 1, 2014
Issues: Unemployed and Low-Income

I support raising the minimum wage to a suitable livable wage in North Idaho. I also support tying said minimum wage to inflation so that hard working families of North Idaho never again need support when it is clear they are contributing to our economy.

For too long families have struggled to make ends meet in North Idaho from season to season. We need to ensure that every worker in every Idaho town is giving a fair wage for a days work.

That is why I demand that Boise raise our minimum wage in Idaho. To make sure this does not force any undue hardship to our Idaho entrepreneurs, I would also like to include a tax break for small businesses.

Please refer to the MIT Livable Wage Calculator for more information:

http://livingwage.mit.edu/counties/16017


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