Friday, February 24, 2006

Many bills, but not much hope for wage - Metro

Many bills, but not much hope for wage

Here's some of what the legislature's NOT getting done:

"It has been a very long time since Iowa raised the minimum wage," said Sen. Joe Bolkcom, D-Iowa City, who is co-sponsoring numerous bills. "Iowa has a lot of people struggling from paycheck to paycheck, and putting money in their pockets is a way to help this."

Iowa's minimum wage is pegged to the national figure, at $5.15, last raised in September 1997.


That's more than eight years, matching the long long Reagan era when the minimum wasn't raised. This is always an issue where there's a real, significant difference between the parties.

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