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To the Editor:
Recent polls indicated that a majority of Americans favor an increase in the minimum wage, even though only 3 percent of the work force is currently employed at the present minimum. It seems somewhat contradictory to me that most citizen portray the Federal Government as too large and intrusive, while, a the same time, they believe that government should be able to dictate how much private employers must pay workers.
Of course, people say they are for an increase, when asked, because it makes them feel unselfish and compassionate. The Democrats, led by the Great Truth Bender in the White House, have been successful in framing this debate around “working families having to make ends meet on $4.25 per hour.” In reality, many minimum wage workers are teenagers or young single people still living with parents. Some are working part-time and attending school. Surveys show that most live in middle class households, yet Clinton and Secretary of Labor Reich intentionally distort the debate by including workers living by themselves and families with two or more wage earners as families supported by the minimum wage.
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