Liberals are really pushing raising the minimum wage
for 2014.
Thirty states have put forward bills to increase it, and Democrats
have made this issue part of their political strategy for this year.
Yet, a new study from the Employment Policies Institute (EPI)
has exposed the proponents of raising the minimum wage of their
"hypocrisy."
It seems that 96% of Democrats who support such measures don't pay
their interns.
The abstract of the EPI study noted that "the
same Members of Congress who are supporting a 40% wage hike on private sector
employers are simultaneously failing to provide any wages to their own employee
interns."
The Obama White House paid
their female staffers 88.3% of what their male ones earn.
Washington Free Beacon reporter
Andrew Stiles reported in May 2012 that
the female members of the Senate Democratic Caucus are some of the worst
offenders concerning the gender wage gap.
"Female members of Murray’s staff made about
$21,000 less per year than male staffers in 2011, a difference of 33.8
percent," reported Stiles.
Additionally, "a significant 'gender gap'
exists in Feinstein’s office, where women also made about $21,000 less than men
in 2011, but the percentage difference—41 percent—was even higher than
Murray’s. Boxer’s female staffers made about $5,000 less, a difference of
7.3 percent."
Minimum wage is a perennial issue that has taken on
a higher profile amid the slowly recovering economy and growing public debate
about income inequality.
Five states passed minimum wage measures last year,
and advocates hope that number will grow as states from New Hampshire to
Washington consider proposals.
Many would push families above the federal
poverty line, which is $15,730 for a family of two. In Iowa, a bill would hike
the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $10.10.
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