[ProgressingAmerica]

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Progressives do not want to discuss their own history. I want to discuss their history.

[Sergio]

bkmk

[GraceG]

Sounds like: “Lenin’s Lenny Law”

Vladamir Lenin + Lenny from of Mice and Men + Law = Tyranny.

Poor Lenny never stood a chance.

[loveliberty2]

Thank you, ProgressingAmerica, for continuing to expose the literature documenting the long effort to "transform" America from its roots in liberty and opportunity, and the various mechanisms used to achieve that "transformation."

For those who wish to focus on the "tool" of minimum wage legislation, the writings of Dr. Hans Sennholz may be helpful. Sennholz died in 2007, but his credentials as an economic scholar, professor, writer, and educator qualify him as an authority on this subject and many more related topics. Review his record, and a short article here.

A much more comprehensive history of the subject, however, which includes Dr. Sennholz's research and conclusions on minimum wage considerations is available in his 1983 article here.

The article is entitled: "Minimum Wage: How political attempts to boost wages tend to harm those most apt to be unemployed." by Hans F. Sennholz - In The Freeman/Ideas on Liberty, May 1983, pp. 270-281

His concluding paragraph::

"But the most vociferous support of minimum wage legislation comes from the professional spokesmen of the poor. Some may actually welcome unemployment among minorities because it breeds other political and economic effects and, above all, creates a political power base for the minority champions. When jobs are scarce they are likely to be rationed and allocated according to government plans and programs. Rationing bestows benefits to political constituents and thus confers prestige and power to the program proponents.* O Some are also aware that unemployment tends to give rise to new demands for radical government intervention, for central control and planning, which may pave the way for an all-round political command system, called socialism. Mass unemployment, they are hoping, will lead voters to support their ultimate objective."

Remember, this was written in the Year 1983. Yet, the so-called "progressive" movement has succeeded in taking America hostage to its views, destroying our once-vibrant manufacturing industries, and along with it, the freeedom and opportunity which youth and those most impacted by their self-serving vision have wrought upon this Republic.