Not to have to file, or pay federal income tax. But one of the things ive not really heard anybody address, we talked about in here the need for the minimum wage to be raised. And when there was an article written recently that indicated for an individual who just accepts the available federal welfare payments, they may be looking at 1,700 a month take home whereas under the current minimum wage its about 1,200 takehome. Well, the incentive there is obviously not to work. But i know my friends at heritage have encouraged as a solution lowering the minimum wage. Obviously, that would even increase the disparity between what you take home if you dont work and what you take home if you do work. If you lowered the minimum wage. So thats obviously not going to fix the problem there. But if the minimum wage is raised in puerto rico, since as my friend from californias indicated they have a higher minimum wage, then people would be tempted to go from puerto rico to california to get those hig
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This happened right across thecs street from the Deanwood Metro station. Stat minute money avenue here. Nu h you see d. C. Police are still on the scene. Th as we go down here this is the t 4800 block of car roll streetl e northeast which is blocked off f still at this hour. Sou you see d. C. Police at the endat of the street here. T he this happened were told aroundn 11 00 oclock last night. Nig i can show you video tape fromaf about 4 00 oclock this mornings when we got on scene here. Her we saw dc Police Moving an unmarked Metro Transit Police p cruiser out of the neighborhoodo were told that this Metro Transit Police officers cruiser was fired upon but he is okay. Y. Not sure about the condition ofo the suspect. The gunman who this officer confronted here on the street. E not sure if this had anything t do with the metro station iftatf thats where the encounter begab but again this did involve Metro Transit Police officer in an neighborhood here in theode in district. Not far from
Welcome the Morning Blend. Good morning, everybody. How was your labor day . It was great. No, it was. I appreciated the extra time. My dogs got haircuts. Thats good. That was the combination i accomplished. And i fixed a broken sprinkler with my husband. I cant plan anything to get to the pipes, and i have no ideas. I finished the nursery. Pictures my hand hurts from all of the you guys put together ikea furniture . Yeah, its great furniture, but man, after a while your hand starts to almost bleed. It gets raw. How many hours did it take . Enough. A crib, and the drawers, and you put the toys in, and you got the other thing with the thing. You put the books in. Too many. Its done. Getting ready. First up, sorry. Little bit of a rampage. States pageant is to provide a lifechanging experience for young women a crosscountry, gives them a voice to those, needing to be heard. And two local students were crowned winners. There they are. Yes, they are local las vegas, joining us to talk abou
She says this particular area of pine hill is relatively quiet, not a lot of problems here, so this is a mystery. We did not know the exact relationship between the man who lived at the house and the woman and her daughter who are dead this hour. Were just getting details, just coming in, and well update you through social media and on the news, as well. Back to you. Bob thank you. And happening right now a jogger left for dead on the side of the road. The driver responsible is on the run. Sonni it happened tonight along satellite boulevard and dean boulevard. We understand you spoke with the man who found that body. Reporter thats right, sonni, and that man says that he would see the victim at the bus stop every day with the kids. Investigators say in this case the victim was jogging. His body was left behind me in front of the road where you see that metal piece over there. Troopers released the name of they want to know who hit him and took off. I noticed the body. I backed up and y