Posted on 12/26/2011 2:01:07 PM PST by Libloather
It was included in my original post.
Increasing Minimum Wage Helps Working Families
CHRISTINE L. OWENS is a big fan. (I wonder if she's a union member.)
Yes it does..."working families" is code for union thugs.
SOME UNION CONTRACTS ARE TIED TO THE MINIMUM WAGE!!!
I think you can take it to the bank that the SEIU and other government unions were all over this bill lobbying for its passage.
You just have to read between the lines.
coming soon, $30 pizzas.
Or H) decrease the amount of taxes I have to pay.
...and lower pizza sales, more automation at fast food restaurants, and higher unemployment.
For all conservative initiatives, the Times and similar outlets always insert a “critics charged” paragraph in there to let you know that it’s “controversial”. For lefty/Democrat inititatives like this one, there’s never a “critics charged” paragraph.
It “helps” to increase unemployment.
I’m voting G.
Horse hockey.
Price controls (which is the class of law to which the minimum wage belongs) ALWAYS distort the market, and NEVER have good long-term ramifications. You always get more of what the government subsidizes (sloth) and less of what it penalizes (business hiring).
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