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[Brad DeLong]

>Brad DeLong writes (in his review of Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and 
>Dimed), apparently forgetting that Ehrenreich's field work was 
>entirely carried out under a Democratic presidency, and that the 
>Dems failed to pass a minwage increase when they controlled Congress:

It was in line behind health care reform. The High Politicians 
decided that because claims of health care "job loss" were proving 
rhetorically powerful, that minimum wage increases had to be 
postponed until after health care reform had passed...

Brad DeLong