Minimum Wage Hike Would Boost Kids and Workers Out of Poverty
Two new studies succinctly lay out the need for and the broad economic benefits of raising the federal minimum wage .
The Kids Count Data Book finds that the number of children living in poverty jumped by 3 million from 2005 to 2011—years marked by stagnant wages—and now 23% of the nation’s children live in poverty.
Meanwhile, a new report from the Restaurant Opportunities Centers ( ROC ) United shows that raising the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour, as legislation in Congress would do, would boost more than half of the working poor in the United States out of poverty.
