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Category Archives: Minimum Wage
Cartoon: Kids Today Are So Lazy
If you like these cartoons, then you’re a terrible terrible person and you should definitely consider a mountain retreat to work on your spiritual size, say five to eight years of contemplating the pine trees, going barefoot and living only … Continue reading
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Breitbart Lies About The Minimum Wage Closing An LA Walmart
Breitbart is being deceptive, which is harmful because it’s a hugely popular website that many people trust. 1) Nothing in the article supports the claim that Walmart shut down this store due to either the minimum wage or “union harassment.” … Continue reading
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Two Reasons The American Action Forum’s New Minimum Wage Study Shouldn’t Convince Anyone
Fox News reports: A new report from the conservative-leaning American Action Forum, shared exclusively with FOXBusiness.com, shows hiking the minimum wage hurts hiring. The study looks at the 19 states that have minimum wages above the national rate of $7.25 … Continue reading
Posted in Economics and the like, Minimum Wage
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The minimum wage and teenagers
In another thread, JutGory writes: What often gets left out of this discussion are the minimum wage workers who don’t need to pay for rent: unskilled teenagers with no work history. As some have suggested, there are people whose labor … Continue reading
Posted in Economics and the like, Minimum Wage
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Cartoon: The Minimum Wage Versus The Earned Income Tax Credit
[spoiler] The cartoon shows two people arguing, a young woman with her hair in a ponytail, and an older man wearing a suit. PANEL 1 WOMAN: We need to help low-income workers, we should raise the minimum wage! MAN (thoughtfully): … Continue reading
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The Minimum Wage, Global Warming, and Expert Consensus
Via Bleeding Heart Libertarians, I read Daniel B. Klein and Stewart Dompe’s admirable article “Reasons for Supporting the Minimum Wage: Asking Signatories of the ‘Raise the Minimum Wage’ Statement.” Klein, an economist who opposes the minimum wage, wanted to understand … Continue reading
Posted in Economics and the like, Environmental issues, Minimum Wage
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Minimum Wage! Hiyah!
I never knew that the way to get rich in America was to become a waiter. I mean, sure, I suspected; waiters are always driving those sweet ’99 Hyundais, rolling with fat stacks of Washingtons, and spending holidays at their … Continue reading
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Cartoon: Minimum Wage Theory
Click on the cartoon to see a larger version. You can also read this cartoon on the Dollars and Sense website, where they have an accompanying short article by Jason Son about how inflation tends to wipe out the gains … Continue reading
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