[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11997]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         WE NEED A LIVABLE WAGE

  (Mr. DAVIS of Illinois asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, somebody asked me the other day 
how do you strengthen the economy, and I said to them that you 
strengthen it by putting additional money into the hands and the 
pockets of those at the economic bottom. If they get an additional 
dollar or two, what are they going to do with it? They are going to buy 
milk, Cream of Wheat, oatmeal, pay the utility bill, maybe some 
gasoline for an automobile, if they still have one. They will put it 
right back into the economy.
  That is why, Mr. Speaker, we need a livable wage. Money to the 
economy is like blood to the body. If too much of it is on one side, 
you will have a stroke. Our economy has a stroke because too much of 
the money is in the hands of too few people. We need a livable wage.

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