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$15 Federal Minimum Wage: An Anchor on Struggling Businesses
Daily Signal ^ | 1/22/2021 | Rachel Greszler

Posted on 01/23/2021 8:10:45 AM PST by Onthebrink

This below really struck me:

A $15 federal minimum wage translates into over $36,000 per year in wages and mandated taxes and benefits paid by employers. That means that any jobs that don’t produce at least $36,000 per year in goods and services will eventually be eliminated—either because businesses close their doors, outsource their labor, or automate low-skilled jobs.

That’s why even liberal economists and the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office caution that a $15 federal minimum wage would lead to a survival-of-the-fittest labor market, reduce future incomes, and disproportionately harm African Americans and women.

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To: Onthebrink

The illegals storming the borders will work for half that. At least until they get $20 an hour worth of welfare.


41 posted on 01/23/2021 12:12:21 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes. )
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