Chattanooga Times Free Press: She Still Struggles But Now She Has Hope

Georgia and Tennessee are not among the 29 states to pass legislation boosting the minimum wage above the federal rate of $7.25 per hour. A report released last week by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that Tennessee’s tax rates are among the top 10 most regressive in the nation, meaning the poor pay a greater share of their income to taxes than the wealthy do.

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