7 Delusional Fantasies Democratic Presidential Candidates Are Trying To Sell America
From the ‘Green New Deal’ to ‘Medicare For All,’ slavery reparations to open-borders amnesty, the Democratic presidential contenders are selling Snake Oil, not serious proposals.
Why A Higher Minimum Wage Comes Back To Bite Everyone Eventually
Minimum wage supporters tend to observe the direct and immediate consequences of their idea, but they do not bother to think through the indirect and longer-term consequences.
Minneapolis’ Minimum Wage Hike Will Hurt The Workers It’s Supposed To Help
Laws can demand doubling the pay for low-skilled workers, but there’s no way to mandate how businesses will deal with unsustainable labor costs.
New Minimum Wage Study Gives Proponents A Chance To Think Better of Those Who Disagree
It matters if the worker isn’t helped, and is even hurt, by minimum-wage hikes. If there is credible research to support this notion, there’s reason to give your fellow Americans the benefit of the doubt.
70 Tries After Seattle Raised Its Minimum Wage, I Still Can’t Find A Job
States nationwide are beginning to join the ‘Fight for $15.’ My job experience in Seattle, Washington helps illustrate why that’s a bad idea.
Sorry, Paul Krugman: The Minimum Wage Won’t Miraculously Cure Poverty
Studies Paul Krugman ignores show minimum-wage increases significantly reduce the probability of low-skill workers reaching the middle class.
How The Left Uses Deceptive Minimum-Wage Data
The real value of the minimum wage has hardly changed for half a century. You wouldn’t know that from looking at charts from the Left.
Low-Income Workers: Raising The Minimum Wage Ruined Our Lives
Contrary to public relations pushes and politician promises, people who feel minimum-wage hikes directly find this government intervention hurts, not helps.
The Last Thing We Should Do Right Now Is Raise The Minimum Wage
Our economy’s urgent moral crisis is not insufficient returns from full-time work a minimum-wage hike can fix. It is insufficient access to full-time work.