The defense of the minimum wage can, on its face, appear compelling, even emotionally urgent: Everyone deserves a wage they can live on, and that without the backing of the US government, the poor will be powerless to turn down what are effectively slave wages.
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More than a tiny number of those poor households today will be rich households down the road.
Current leader Ieuan Wyn Jones announced he would be standing down from the helm after a poor showing for Plaid at this year's assembly elections.
Ieuan Wyn Jones announced he would be standing down as Plaid leader after a poor showing by the party at the assembly election.
And if we believe what we used to write about Jobs, the chances are the new team will be wrong footed and will make poor decisions somewhere down the line.
Traditional geopolitical relationships would be turned upside down, with such resource-poor and technology-rich countries as Israel and Japan suddenly able to achieve energy self-sufficiency, while the oil-producing dictatorships would finally have to face the consequences of decades of squandered wealth.
Meanwhile, performance at stores carrying the Thorntons name continued to be poor, with sales at its own-name stores down 9%.
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And he rejected the idea put forward by employers' organisations that because private sector pension provision was poor by comparison, public sector pensions should be dragged down to the same level.
England and Wales Cricket Board national selector Geoff Miller said when announcing the Test squad for the tour of India that Vaughan's poor form since stepping down as England captain meant he would not be included in the Test squad.
Since they had no down payment money and poor credit scores, normal mortgage standards had to be waived.
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Our target for 1998 is to bring it down to 30% but then there would still be 30% who would be poor.
Some may still be able to obtain an FHA loan with a low down-payment requirement, but those with poor credit will likely have to put a larger amount down.
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Since these countries tend to be populous and relatively poor, the gap between cumulative GDP and population starts to collapse, and the line heads back down.
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