Received this e-mail today from Congressman and gubernatorial candidate, Mike Michaud (D. ME), regarding the minimum wage:
Did you know that nearly 1.6 million Americans earn the federal minimum wage -- only $7.25 per hour?
That's just under $300 each week for folks to buy groceries for their families, heat their homes, buy clothes for their kids, and fill up their gas tanks. That's hardly enough to make ends meet.
Hard-working Americans across the country deserve the dignity of earning a living wage for putting in an honest day's work.
It's time for Congress to step up and give low income workers a raise. That's why I'm working with my colleagues in Congress to raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour.
Click here to add your name and demand Congress raise the minimum wage now!
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Raising the minimum wage isn't just a moral issue -- it would also give a much-needed boost to our recovering economy. Study after study prove raising the minimum wage will create jobs, improve the workforce, and have a positive effect on the overall economy.
And it would would mean a pay increase for approximately 96,000 workers here in Maine.
Politicians talk a lot about the promise of the American Dream. For the low income Americans making minimum wage, let's help make that promise a reality.
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Join me and urge Congress to raise the minimum wage. Click here now to add your name.
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Thank you for standing with me to raise the minimum wage. Together, we can make sure Congress acts to help lift families out of poverty.
All the best,
Mike
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