You Had to Be There Holly Bailey of the Center for Responsive Politics provided amusing daily reports from the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles detailing the obscene level of influence exerted there by corporate interests. Page Top Taxing Moves by Congress Citizens for Tax Justice recently did an analysis of how Congressional legislation passed or pending in 2000 so far would affect our tax bill overall. By far the most damaging legislation proposed this year was the estate tax repeal, which would do nothing for the great majority of us, while providing a 25 percent tax cut for the super rich.
Workers comp doesn t come close to compensating for such disabilities.
2000 Earl Dotter, Impact Visuals Workers Compensation has never been a great deal. But according to a study by the National Academy of Social Insurance, its value is only diminishing. Benefit payments went down relative to wages in 1998 for the sixth consecutive year. The Minimum Wage Case Jared Bernstein and John Schmitt of the Economic Policy Institute recently took on those familiar old arguments against a higher minimum wage. Analyses of the minimum wage s impact on young workers have never shown the predicted large job-loss effects.