http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/minimum-wage 2008-10-28T09:29:35Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47371-fannie-freddie-and-minimum-wage 2008-10-28T09:29:35Z Dean Baker <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lkyywGrFpjM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lkyywGrFpjM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47371-fannie-freddie-and-minimum-wage"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/56433" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p><em><span class="pageIntro">The US Congress has come to the aid of struggling workers and overcompensated Wall Street executives.</span></em></p><p><span class="pageIntro">Congress <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/jul/24/useconomy.georgebush">voted to save Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from bankruptcy</a> last week. It seems that the top management at these institutions had somehow failed to see the largest housing bubble in the history of the world. As a result, the bad loans from the collapse of the bubble would put these giants of the mortgage market out of business without government handouts.<br /><br />Also last week, <a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iqMQv-gAMJfuCFhm21NCvHoV6CEQD9246P801">the minimum wage was increased</a> by 70 cents to $6.55 an hour. The minimum wage is scheduled to increase by another 70 cents, to $7.25 an hour, next summer.<br /><br />We all understand the motivation for raising the minimum wage. Tens of millions of workers working at wages at or near the minimum struggle to support families. These increases in the minimum wage will allow low-paid workers to keep pace with rising food and energy costs and hopefully be better able to make ends meet.<br /><br />By contrast, the bailout of Fannie and Freddie is a bit harder to explain. These companies are at the centre of the secondary mortgage market in the United States. The vast majority of mortgages issued to homebuyers are not held by the banks that issue them. Typically, they sell them off in the secondary mortgage market. This allows the banks to get money to make more mortgages.<br /></span></p><span class="pageIntro"></span></p> </div> <a href="/blog/47371-fannie-freddie-and-minimum-wage">Continue reading</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/44217-black-republican-ads 2008-10-27T15:29:36Z youngturks <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/i_-VWzDXEdM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/i_-VWzDXEdM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/44217-black-republican-ads"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/50583" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Watch more at <a href="http://www.theyoungturks.com">www.theyoungturks.com</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/44217-black-republican-ads">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/25035-john-edwards-on-the-poor-and-middle-class-msnbc-nv-debate 2008-10-16T21:30:30Z NCDem Amy <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_wUWKt0IDXQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_wUWKt0IDXQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/25035-john-edwards-on-the-poor-and-middle-class-msnbc-nv-debate"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/27058" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John Edwards</p> </div> <a href="/blog/25035-john-edwards-on-the-poor-and-middle-class-msnbc-nv-debate">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/22368-support-the-fair-minimum-wage-act 2008-12-02T04:35:40Z kennedy <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fVfLPeq9jhU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fVfLPeq9jhU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/22368-support-the-fair-minimum-wage-act"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/23893" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Sen. Ted Kennedy speaks about the importance of raising the minimum wage and his support for the Fair Minimum Wage Act.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/22368-support-the-fair-minimum-wage-act">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/22366-raise-the-minimum-wage 2008-12-02T04:35:39Z kennedy <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kkc19YBVJjA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kkc19YBVJjA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/22366-raise-the-minimum-wage"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/23891" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>When the new Congress is sworn in this January, we have an historic opportunity to raise the minimum wage. We can't let that pass us by.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/22366-raise-the-minimum-wage">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/22362-sen-kennedy-with-religious-leaders-discussing-minimum-wage 2008-12-02T04:35:39Z kennedy <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JEXl8swrYxc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JEXl8swrYxc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/22362-sen-kennedy-with-religious-leaders-discussing-minimum-wage"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/23887" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is joined by Sen. Sherrod Brown and Sen. Tom Harkin, as well as religious leaders, to discuss the morality of raising the minimum wage.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/22362-sen-kennedy-with-religious-leaders-discussing-minimum-wage">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/22360-senator-kennedy-at-the-minimum-wage-rally-in-washington-dc 2008-12-02T04:35:39Z kennedy <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZA1sLcc-L78&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZA1sLcc-L78&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/22360-senator-kennedy-at-the-minimum-wage-rally-in-washington-dc"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/23885" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Senator Kennedy at the Minimum Wage Rally on July 24th, 2007 in Washington, DC.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/22360-senator-kennedy-at-the-minimum-wage-rally-in-washington-dc">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/16445-moment-of-change-raise-the-minimum-wage 2008-12-02T04:27:54Z astrogirlsirius <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/I156xLI8cTM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/I156xLI8cTM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/16445-moment-of-change-raise-the-minimum-wage"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/16183" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>#16 in the Moment of Change series. The series will show John Edwards' ideas for transformational change, presented in clips of 2 minutes or less for the time-challenged.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/16445-moment-of-change-raise-the-minimum-wage">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/12761-john-edwards-home-health-workers-seiu 2008-10-24T15:30:51Z johnedwards <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Gaijb9av36M&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Gaijb9av36M&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/12761-john-edwards-home-health-workers-seiu"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/12846" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John Edwards talks with home health workers at an event sponsored by SEIU Local 100 in West Helena, Ark. on July 16, 2007. This stop came as part of his "Road to One America" tour.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/12761-john-edwards-home-health-workers-seiu">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/11809-thom-hartmann-v-fred-thompson-s-senior-adviser 2008-01-12T20:18:11Z GottaLaff <a href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/11809-thom-hartmann-v-fred-thompson-s-senior-adviser"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/thumbnail_pic/11920" style="border: solid 1px black; margin-right: 7px; margin-top: 3px;" align="left" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p><a href="http://www.mullings.com/richbio.htm">Rich Galen</a> was just on the <a href="http://thomhartmann.com/">Thom Hartmann</a> show on Air America Radio.&nbsp; Their conversation was primarily about health care. </p><p>From my patented award-winning quick notes (some are direct quotes, most are paraphrased):</p>(entire convo on the flip)</p> </div> <a href="/blog/11809-thom-hartmann-v-fred-thompson-s-senior-adviser">Continue reading</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/10373-fighting-for-one-america-rewarding-work 2008-10-25T15:30:48Z johnedwards <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AL5imdx0xWQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AL5imdx0xWQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/10373-fighting-for-one-america-rewarding-work"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/10530" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John Edwards talks about rewarding work during his Fighting for One America Bus Tour in Iowa on August 15, 2007.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/10373-fighting-for-one-america-rewarding-work">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/8542-first-minimum-wage-increase-in-a-decade-in-effect 2008-10-05T18:56:04Z cliffschecter <div class="post_content"> <p><p>Yup, even though none of the beneficiaries are corporate CEOs who need more gold plating for their toilet seats, which makes Baby Republicans cry, some people wil have a little bit of a better life now.</p><p>So the next time Republicans accuse Democrats of having done nothing, remind them that yeah, for their corporate-crony base, that is correct. For real people, it&#39;s a whole different story.</p><p><a href="http://democrats.senate.gov/multimedia/072407_wage.cfm">Watch the video</a> of the celebration on Capitol Hill.</p></p> </div> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/8268-john-edwards-raising-the-minimum-wage 2008-10-14T11:24:31Z astrogirlsirius <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oVM5wQ11r4Q&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oVM5wQ11r4Q&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/8268-john-edwards-raising-the-minimum-wage"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/7562" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John Edwards speaks on his plan to further raise the minimum wage. He is speaking to press at the NEA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA on 7/2/07</p> </div> <a href="/blog/8268-john-edwards-raising-the-minimum-wage">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/8267-jre-remix 2008-10-14T11:24:31Z astrogirlsirius <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0EQWFvcA07U&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0EQWFvcA07U&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/8267-jre-remix"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/7561" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>An upbeat, quick version of a JRE (John Edwards) stump speech in less than 4 minutes. Go to his web site (johnedwards.com) for a vast array of policy details, but this video give you an overview of some of his ideas.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/8267-jre-remix">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/8051-keep-moving-america-forward 2008-10-14T11:26:15Z cliffschecter <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CE0S3Njqjpo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CE0S3Njqjpo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/8051-keep-moving-america-forward"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/7343" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>A new ad by Americans United. Not overwhelming. But nicely done. It reminds us how Democrats raise wages and provide healthcare, while Republicans take us into America-weakening wars and frequent prostitutes.</p><p>Ok, it doesn&#39;t say anything about the last part. But we all know it&#39;s true.</p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/8051-keep-moving-america-forward">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/8010-john-edwards-prestonsburg-speech-excerpts 2008-10-14T11:26:19Z NCDem Amy <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/V80ygjDUIxw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/V80ygjDUIxw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/8010-john-edwards-prestonsburg-speech-excerpts"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/7309" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John Edwards in Prestonsburg, KY for the final stop of his Road to One America Tour</p> </div> <a href="/blog/8010-john-edwards-prestonsburg-speech-excerpts">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/5498-john-edwards-sheet-metal-workers 2008-10-15T09:30:34Z johnedwards <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TfVrz6MChQE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TfVrz6MChQE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/5498-john-edwards-sheet-metal-workers"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/4770" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John Edwards talks about organized labor at a Sheet Metal Workers Town Hall in Las Vegas, Nev. on July 11, 2007.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/5498-john-edwards-sheet-metal-workers">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/4712-john-edwards-nea-wages-pensions 2008-10-15T15:31:19Z johnedwards <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ESTWY52IrsU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ESTWY52IrsU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/4712-john-edwards-nea-wages-pensions"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/3966" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John Edwards talks about minimum wage and pensions at the National Education Association Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 2, 2007.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/4712-john-edwards-nea-wages-pensions">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/4257-raising-the-minimum-wage 2008-10-15T21:31:11Z seeprogress <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/A7XRtONZPM8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/A7XRtONZPM8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/4257-raising-the-minimum-wage"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/3512" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Jonathan Jacoby of the Center for American Progress debates the merits of raising the minimum wage on CNBC 2/16/07. </p> <p>Please see CAP's State of Minimum Wage Report here: <br />http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/01/minwage.html</p> <p>What if 40 hours a week were enough? <br />www.AMERICANPROGRESS.org</p> </div> <a href="/blog/4257-raising-the-minimum-wage">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/2048-john-edwards-and-the-minimum-wage 2008-10-20T15:30:46Z johnedwards <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TBNA8UpiM0U&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TBNA8UpiM0U&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/2048-john-edwards-and-the-minimum-wage"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/1324" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/2048-john-edwards-and-the-minimum-wage">Watch the video</a>