Word: subminimum
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Dates: during 1981-1981
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...jobs. So the labor leaders are pushing a few alternatives to the Reagan spending cuts. They would prefer to lower federal budget deficits by reducing interest rates through selective credit controls and reduce unemployment through direct jobs programs. They are flatly opposed to such pet Republican proposals as a subminimum wage for teen-agers and the dismantling of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. In addition, the union believes that individual tax cuts should be focused on middle-and lower-income groups through a 20% reduction in Social Security taxes...