[PEN-L:11519] Re: Child tax credit

[Tavis Barr <tavis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 29 Jul 1997 MScoleman@xxxxxxx wrote:

> ....In the Times today, they note that part of the entire package
> just passed is payment of minimum wage for workfare recipients.  Not that
> minimum wage is any panacea, but at least it isn't LESS than minimum.  maggie
> coleman mscoleman@xxxxxxx

The package can only be helpful.  But unfortuanately, in NYC, minimum wage
for workfare workers _is_ far less than minimum.  The average
participant receives about $137 per month in cash, $108 in food stamps,
and $215 in rental subsidies paid directly to the landlord.  The city
claims to create a workweek long enough so that the workers receive
minumum wage, but they include all the benefits in calculating that
wage.  If you include only the cash income, then the effective wage is
actually about $1.50/hr.

In strudel,
Tavis