• Earned Income Tax Credit. An EITC is a tax rebate
to low income wage earners. The federal government EITC is
considered the most effective federal program to lift families
and children out of poverty.
• Florida minimum wage. A state minimum wage covering
all workers, including those escaping coverage under the national
minimum wage (e.g., workers in very small establishments).
If the minimum were set at $6.00 per hour, many low wage workers
would benefit directly with extremely minimal disemployment
effects.
• State "living wage"
law. Florida would set a "public example" by legislating
that its own employees and the employees of its service contractors
be paid above the poverty level for a family of four, and
that they be provided health insurance or its monetary equivalent.