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Since the minimum wage discussion is coming up on the big radio show this morning during the first half hour, I thought it would be appropriate to refer back to a few previous posts.
Jim asked me to reference this article as he plans to discuss it on the big radio show this morning between 9 a.m. and noon on WTIC. The minimum wage has been a frequent topic here at RVO, and this story illustrates another – yet foreign – example.
Dr. Walter Williams and Milton Friedman on the faulty logic behind the minimum wage.
I love Hardball. Where else can you get great material for your blog like this?
Hello American Samoa! We’re from the government and we’re here to help you. We’re going to ensure you earn a living wage by forcing employers to pay you a minimum wage equal to workers in the United States. Sounds great right?
Class warfare. Socialism. You’re watching it develop and take root all around us. In New York City, where some fast food employees are making minimum wage ($7.25 per hour in New York), some of them are demanding wage rates double to $15 per hour.
Last week, Steve did a post on the effects of the federal government’s recent requirement that businesses in American Samoa must pay employees the federal minimum wage. In 2007, Chicken of the Sea closed it’s plant, laying off some 2000 employees, and in May of this year, Starkist announced that it will lay off between 600 and 800 employees. …
On Nov. 6, I told you how Prop 1 in SeaTac, Washington passed, requiring businesses to pay a minimum wage of $15 and provide paid sick leave. Now, a Seattle City council member – who ran as a Socialist – suggested “workers should take over the factories, and shut down Boeing’s profit-making machine.”
This is too much … From the NY Post. I was wondering if other people felt this way and now I know. “I don’t even have a car – why should I give them my money?” asked Cruz, of Astoria. Cruz said she earns about $10 an hour – not that much more than the…