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BILLIONS of dollars.That’s what our country spends every single year on countless tax breaks for wealthy individuals and large corporations. And yet programs that are absolutely vital to women and their families are being cut. Our lawmakers need to get their priorities straight.Will you spread the word about these misplaced priorities by sharing this important image? It explains how ending just one tax break for corporations could go a long way in supporting vulnerable children and their families.

Infographic - Tax breaks for corporations that shift jobs & profits offshore cost more than all of these programs that serve low-income children and families.

The tax break highlighted here — known as “deferral” — allows corporations to delay paying taxes on offshore profits. This encourages multinational corporations to move jobs and profits offshore — and costs the U.S. $60.6 billion a year. That’s more than all these programs combined:

  • Head Start and Early Head Start, which help young low-income children develop and learn.
  • The Child Care and Development Fund, which helps low-income working families afford child care.
  • Child nutrition programs, which provide meals to school-age children and young children and adults in day care facilities.
  • Funding for Title I schools serving disadvantaged children, which helps improve educational opportunities.

U.S. lawmakers should get their priorities in order — instead of balancing the budget on the backs of women and families, they should ask wealthy individuals and corporations to pay their fair share of taxes. For more information on fair budgets and taxes check out these videos we created in partnership with the National Priorities Project.

Thank you for all you do for women and families.

Sincerely,
 
Joan Entmacher   Joan Entmacher
Vice President, Family Economic Security
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What It Takes to Live on Minimum Wage …Joan Entmacher, National Women’s Law Center


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                Share your story about what it takes for women and families to live on the minimum wage.
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$14,500.
That is what a woman makes working full time for a full year at the current federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.
That’s right — only $14,500 a year, which is below the federal poverty line for a family of three. For tipped workers, the federal minimum cash wage is only $2.13 an hour! And nearly two-thirds of minimum wage workers and tipped workers are women.
We want to increase the minimum wage for all workers, including tipped workers, to give working families a boost and help close the wage gap.
But we can’t do it without your help. We want to hear about what it takes to live on minimum wage from women who’ve experienced it.
If you have a story to share, could you share it with us — or forward this message along to someone who might?
Around the country, families — especially those headed by women — are struggling to make ends meet. We want to make sure that legislators know EXACTLY what the stakes are. Women who work for the minimum wage do tough jobs — and deserve a raise!
Please share your story today, and stay tuned for more opportunities to join us as we ramp up our efforts to increase the federal minimum wage!
Sincerely,
Joan Entmacher Joan Entmacher Vice President, Family Economic Security National Women’s Law Center   

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