[FlingWingFlyer]

Are we having fun yet?

[parsifal]

Oh, I would say something, but my fingers are sore from another thread.

parsy, who is duct-taping his own mouth

[swatbuznik]

Yeah, right, like that'll work!
Sarc'

[lmr]

In the past, minimum-wage increases have done little to dent job creation.

Hogwash. You heighten the floor this way. This makes everyone who makes above minimum wage a little poorer because of the inflation it causes. The writer here goes on to talk about 'pricing power' shortly after this, which means he acknowledges an increase in prices, i.e. inflation, when minimum wage is increased.

[Uri’el-2012]

The purpose has nothing to do with the minimum wage.

It is an increase for all union contracts linked to the "minimum wage"

[Blue Jays]

No problemo, just hire fewer minimum wage employees to complete the same amount of work.

[Republic of Texas]

But we were told...!

Bwaaahahahahaha!

[null and void]

The only problem with the minimum wage is that it isn’t $960/hr.

It needs to be that high for a part time worker to make $1,000,000.00/year

[kingpins10]

Anyone who knows anything about economics knows that minimum wage laws have the reverse effect long term. Sad most Americans kow nothing about economics.

[Abbeville Conservative]

Elections have consequences.

[DB]

There’s never a good time for a minimum wage hike.

It just pushes more and more inexperienced people out of the job market.

And just like California, when you spend and increase the burden on business when the economy is good, when it slows down, and it always does, things get much worse than it otherwise would have been. But no, Democrats have to milk the upside for all its worth so that when things slow down everyone ends up bankrupt... And even then they use that to justify more of the same making things worse yet again...

Stupid on steroids...

[LikeLight]

...pouring more money into people's pockets -- especially low-wage workers who are likely to spend the increase to meet living costs -- would normally boost the economy...

Just "pouring" money into people's pockets? How ridiculous. The money is being stolen out of the wage payer's pocket.

[advance_copy]

We have idiots running our country.

[DakotaRed]

Considering this downturn in the economy and upturn in unemployment began shortly after they passed their minimum wage increase, am I the only one to think they may be related?

How’s that hope and change working for you?

It’s not doing much for me.

[businessprofessor]

The minimum wage bill (and many related measures on the state level) is just one of many policies increasing labor costs. For example, Colorado and Ohio have minimum wage laws that peg wage increases to the CPI. The cumulative effect of policies that increase the cost of labor will be substantial. The rats do not have to worry because it is difficult to measure the impact of these policies.

Here is my list of the policies increasing the cost of labor:

- Minimum wage bills
- Lily Ledbetter law (will likely reduce not increase wages)
- Comparative worth legislation
- Card check
- Davis Bacon union mandates
- New ergonomics workplace rules
- Employer shake downs by the EEOC
- New payroll taxes for health care coverage
- New health care coverage mandates

[zeestephen]

“Minimum Wage Increase Comes At A Bad Time”

This is such hypocrisy.

Each month 80,000 brand NEW, low skilled, LEGAL immigrants enter the USA workforce.

Not only does the Wall Street Journal vigorously support that policy, the WSJ demands Amnesty for ALL low skill ILLEGAL workers.

Then, the Wall Street Journal viciously attacks Conservatives who seek to lower immigration numbers or who oppose Amnesty.

Now, the WSJ is worried about the minimum wage?

Gimme a break.

Massive immigration - both legal and illegal - has crushed wages, benefits, and working conditions for EVERY low skill job in America.