Under your tenure Rep. Davis 14% of the people living in Madison County IL are below the poverty level with average per capital income less than $27000 annually. Raising the minimum wage would allow more citizens to participate in growing our economy. Help small business, our communities and our tax base improve, RAISE the minimum wage.
Why is this important?
In the last 10 years our communities in Madison County have lost the good paying manufacturing jobs, forcing productive skilled labor into low paying service jobs. By raising the minimum wage more workers can afford to buy a home, a car or shop in our neighborhood stores.
