Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg continued to urge adoption of higher minimum wage laws at the Democratic debate in Detroit. Sanders told his ... Keep Reading
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Minimum wage laws create maximum problems
Do laws to raise the minimum wage help workers? Lots of legislators and presidential candidates seem to think so. All but three of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates have ... Keep Reading
Five major flaws in NC Justice Center’s report supporting the ‘Fight for $15’
The “Fight for $15” is nothing more than compulsory unemployment for the low-skilled Advocates, including the NC Justice Center, ignore common sense and basic economics Minimum ... Keep Reading
7 Things I’d Do if I Wanted to Keep Poor People Poor
If I wanted to keep poor people poor, there are several government policies I would favor. Let's count them down. 1: An Expanding Welfare State For starters, I would advocate for ... Keep Reading
More Media Economic Ignorance on Minimum Wage
A recent Winston-Salem Journal editorial praised legislators for raising the lowest rung of the pay scale for state government employees to $15 an hour, but more thoroughly ... Keep Reading
Three Economic Reasons to Ignore Saturday’s “Moral” March
There are a lot of reasons to not attend this Saturday’s HKonJ “Moral March on Raleigh.” First, there is a 90 percent chance of rain in Raleigh, on Saturday. Not an ideal ... Keep Reading
More Negative Impacts of Minimum Wage
Seattle has been increasing its minimum wage over these last couple of years, and the results have thus far been predictable (at least by those that understand economics). ... Keep Reading
N&O Searches Far & Wide to Advance its Ignorant Narrative
The N&O this week ran an editorial from a business owner from Idaho that reinforces the point that just because you run a successful business doesn't mean you understand ... Keep Reading
Bad Bill of the Week: Outlawing Employment
The laws of economics, much like gravity, are not subject to a vote. Nor do they change based upon popular opinion. Unfortunately, the sponsors of HB 1046, Constitutional ... Keep Reading
$15/hr Min Wage No Cure for Poverty Trap
Still more evidence of the power of the government welfare poverty trap: Seattle’s $15 minimum wage law is supposed to lift workers out of poverty and move them off public ... Keep Reading
