July 29, 2006
Minimum Wage
While driving from Maine to South Florida over the last couple of days I've been thinking about the congressional vote taken last night that put some Democrats in the awkward position of opposing a (much needed) increase in the minimum wage because it was tied to a reduction of the federal inheritance estate tax for multimillionaires (and them alone).
Tony Campolo had a thoughtful editorial lately, and brought up the issue of minimum wage in a context not often viewed. He writes:
...for those of us who are pro-life Evangelicals, when will we recognize that a primary means for preventing abortions is by making it economically viable for pregnant women to have babies? Studies indicate that when single pregnant women have to work at relatively low minimum wages, have no daycare programs available, and have no hospitalization coverage, abortions go up. I ask, when are Evangelicals going to raise their voices to push this administration to meet these needs? We know that our simple plan for abstinence is not going to make the abortion problem go away.
If you haven't bothered to subscribe to nytimes.com for free, you really oughta. You can do cool things like this. Don't know about the NYT Select though. Haven't tried it.
And be sure to check out this. Right up this blog's proverbial alley.
