Tag: minimum wage

Waving a Legislative Wand

Debbie Young - January 2, 2026

A Living Wage In the WSJ, Jason L. Riley writes about the supposed affordability issue and why he thinks increasing the cost of hiring an employee...

The Job Destruction Act

Debbie Young - May 7, 2015

U.S Congressman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA) and U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced the Raise the Wage Act on April 30. They promised...

A Conundrum in America’s Workforce

Debbie Young - March 31, 2015

One of the problems facing the U.S. today is that although there are a record number of Americans in the labor force today, there...

Pricing Minorities Out of Jobs

Debbie Young - March 19, 2015

“It is not a breakthrough on the frontiers of knowledge that minimum-wage laws reduce employment opportunities for the young and the unskilled of any...

My Summer Internship

E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy - June 19, 2014

I know my first job wasn't an internship. I scooped ice cream at my first job. Working for minimum wage and waiting on the...

Poverty Not Abolished by Legislative Fiat

Debbie Young - April 7, 2014

James A. Dorn, vice president for Monetary Studies at the Cato Institute, explains how an increase in the minimum wage, good intentions from proponents...

VIDEO: Milton Friedman: Why Soaking the Rich Won’t Work

The Editors - March 7, 2012

https://www.youtube.com/v/Wi-D24oCa10?version=3&feature=player_detailpage

Your Bi-Partisan Government Bankrupts Small Businesses

E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy - July 23, 2009

Your government is failing small business. Americans looking for work just had their chances for employment greatly reduced. This Friday the minimum wage will...