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...raise taxes on all red states to pay for free healthcare for undocumented immigrants. I don't know, that last one…
There is nothing new under the sun. From Charles Dickens's Hard Times, 1854: Surely there never was such fragile china-ware…
From the title, I was expecting a comic about how bankruptcy laws favor the rich, getting them into a special…
I think a lot of Trump voters - not all, but a bunch - are convinced that Democrats want to…
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Category Archives: Minimum Wage
The Minimum Wage In Washington And Idaho
From The New York Times, via The Economist’s View blog, we learn that small business owners in Washington state have not been harmed by Washington state’s relatively high minimum wage — not even businesses in tows that border Idaho, where … Continue reading
Posted in Economics and the like, Minimum Wage
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Cartoon: How Republicans Fight The Minimum Wage
This one was printed in Dollars and Sense months ago… it’s already dated now, given the results of the elections earlier this month. (Click on the image to see a larger version.)
A Frightening First: Health Insurance Costs For Family Exceed Minimum Wage
A frightening ‘first’ has been acknowledged in a recent Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research Educational Trust. It seems that for the first time in United States history, the cost of health insurance for a family of four now exceeds the yearly income of a minimum wage earner. Continue reading
Posted in Economics and the like, Minimum Wage
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Power Line on the Minimum Wage
While looking for something else, I came across this post on the right-wing blog Power Line, attacking a groundbreaking study of the minimum wage by economists David Card and Alan Krueger. From a summary of the study by John Schmitt … Continue reading
Posted in Economics and the like, Minimum Wage
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Also unrelated to the point of the comic, I keep thinking the "we deliver" character is Jughead Jones.