Claim: "If we keep the minimum wage at the current level, then single-parent families earning the minimum wage at a full-time job will live in poverty in New Jersey."
Fact-check: Assemblyman says a single-parent earning current minimum wage falls below federal poverty line
Verdict: true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Erin O'Neill
Date published: 2012-03-09T00:00:00