by Pat Hartman | Apr 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
MINIMUM WAGES (hourly): Fought for by President Franklin D. Roosevelt 1938 — 25 cents, which would be more than $4 nowIn 1974 — $2 per hourNow — $7.25Proposed by President Barack Obama in State of the Union Address — $9.00 per hourHow much it would need to be, if...
by Pat Hartman | Apr 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
“Consider the source” is usually said skeptically, and, of course, we always do consider it, whether skeptical or not. Here, the source is pretty impressive. It is The Economist, which Steve O’Keefe, writing for House the Homeless, described as “the house...
by Pat Hartman | Apr 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
Last June, this Question & Answer appeared in the online forum ExpertLaw.com: Question:Is it legal for an employer to deny employment to an individual who they consider otherwise qualified, if it is discovered that the individual currently lives in a...
by Pat Hartman | Apr 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
What, you may ask, is depicted here? It’s an artwork called “Minimum Wage Machine, (Work in Progress),” a simple but elegant interactive demonstration by which anyone may comprehend the implications of those words. Here is the explanation provided by Blake...
by Pat Hartman | Apr 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
To satisfy the federal requirement for the information that is needed to fairly distribute available funding, the people experiencing homelessness are counted every year. House the Homeless blog has taken an extended look at the “how” of the annual...
