by MCDC | Sep 19, 2013 | Farm Bill, Minimum Wage, Sequester, Virginia
The House SNAP bill is harsh. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates it would deny SNAP to approximately 3.8 million low-income people in 2014 and to an average of nearly 3 million people each year over the coming decade. Those who would be thrown off the...
by MCDC | Sep 19, 2013 | Action Alerts, Minimum Wage, Sequester
The Republican proposal for $40 billion in food stamp cuts over the next 10 years would have horrific effects on millions of people, the Congressional Budget Office confirms: According to the CBO, 1.7 million people would be forced off the rolls in the coming year if...
by MCDC | Sep 15, 2013 | Farm Bill, Issues, Madison County, Minimum Wage
People getting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits don’t just face the prospect of House Republicans slashing $40 billion from the program over the next 10 years, they face the immediate, certain prospect of losing an average of nearly $30 a month...
by MCDC | Sep 2, 2013 | History, Minimum Wage, Opinion
It wasn’t always about the hot dogs. Originally, believe it or not, Labor Day actually had something to do with showing respect for labor. Here’s how it happened: In 1894 Pullman workers, facing wage cuts in the wake of a financial crisis, went on strike — and...
by MCDC | Aug 26, 2013 | Economy, Employment, Minimum Wage
The 6th richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of $34 billion, Charles Koch’s Cato Institute claims that the “typical” poor American family is sitting back enjoying the good life, forcing overburdened tax-payers to pick up the tab.. Think Tank...
by MCDC | Aug 24, 2013 | Civil Rights, Economy, Events, History, Immigration Reform, Minimum Wage, Racism, Voter Rights
WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands gathered early Saturday on the nation’s “front yard,” the National Mall near the Lincoln Memorial, yearning for a bit of that transcendent sense of racial unity heralded on this spot by the Rev. Martin Luther King 50...
