By David Riemer These are the components of the work-based policy package that I designed to greatly increase employment and earnings, dramatically reduce poverty, and expand the middle-class: A national Transitional Jobs program…like the New Deal’s Works Progress Administration (WPA) A much higher federal minimum wage…roughly $17.50/hour A restructured and bigger Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Renewal… Read More A Work-Based Policy Package That Would Dramatically Reduce Poverty