Spanning the Web
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Get to work, old people! Applications for Revere’s “Work-Off” program will be available next week. The program gives senior citizens a $500 break on either their property taxes or water bills in exchange for 84 hours of community service. That’s an hourly “wage” of $5.95. [Daily Item]
We’re glad to know Ted Kennedy is probably upset over Clinton’s near-resignation too: Reports from North Carolina say that the Massachusetts senator is up and at ‘em a day after an operation on his brain tumor. [WCVB]
We thought there were more armpits in our face recently: Ridership on the MBTA continues to climb, with April’s ridership up 5.5 percent from a year ago. [Boston.com]
Further proof our minds are in the gutter: We didn’t think a story headlined “little swimmers” would be about preschoolers taking swimming lessons. [Daily News Tribune]
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June 3rd, 2008 at 2:13 pm
The Seniors had better work fast. As of 7-24-08 the minimum wage is higher than $5.95. Might as well use the correct number to avoid THAT embarassment.
June 3rd, 2008 at 2:38 pm
agingcynic– I wasn’t citing the minimum wage. If seniors do 84 hours of work for $500 in tax credits, that’s roughly $5.95/hr. Which, as you point out, is much less than the $8/hr minimum wage.