Topic: Minimum Wage Laws

The real minimum wage is $0 (zero, nothing, <em>nada</em>) per hour
The real minimum wage is $0 (zero, nothing, nada) per hour July 16, 2019 Ethel C. Fenig The real-life effects of increasing the minimum wage: those most financially vulnerable, such as the unskilled, the least experienced, the young, the minimally educated, will suffer the most. 
Citing higher minimum wages in Seattle, Portland, and SF, West Coast restaurant chain files for bankruptcy
Citing higher minimum wages in Seattle, Portland, and SF, West Coast restaurant chain files for bankruptcy July 15, 2019 Thomas Lifson Progressives never learn.
Democrats trying to drive up unemployment at the bottom of the wage scale
Democrats trying to drive up unemployment at the bottom of the wage scale March 19, 2019 Jack Hellner Democrats call themselves progressives, but there is nothing progressive about job destruction to reduce economic opportunity and making more people dependent on government. 
DC waiters opposing union in fight against $15 minimum wage for them
DC waiters opposing union in fight against $15 minimum wage for them December 13, 2018 Thomas Lifson Rarely are the people harmed by minimum wages able to fight back.
Maine restaurant workers successfully lobby to reduce their minimum wage
Maine restaurant workers successfully lobby to reduce their minimum wage June 30, 2017 Thomas Lifson The logic supporting government-mandated minimum wages just got stood on its head in the Great State of Maine.
The true cost of California’s minimum wage hikes
The true cost of California’s minimum wage hikes April 27, 2017 Andrew Solomon We are subsidizing with our life’s savings the state’s crazy ideas of how the economy is supposed to work.
The war on cops, fast food division
The war on cops, fast food division November 30, 2016 Stu Tarlowe A prank?  Or a sign of things to come?
How to Stop Losing the Minimum Wage Issue to the Democrats
How to Stop Losing the Minimum Wage Issue to the Democrats May 16, 2016 John L. Podczerwinski If the Republicans could better communicate the real reason the Democrats want the national minimum wage raised (and the flaws with Democratic thinking), the discussion could be very different.
NY State nears political deal to saw the bottom rung off the economic ladder
NY State nears political deal to saw the bottom rung off the economic ladder March 18, 2016 Thomas Lifson Democrats are willing to sacrifice control of a legislative body in pursuit of this goal. There is a strategy at work here.
W-a-l-m-a-r-t does not spell welfare
W-a-l-m-a-r-t does not spell welfare January 22, 2016 David L. Hunter Apparently the liberal MSM and politicians confuse the name Walmart with the concept of welfare.
The Looming Minimum Wage Hike: Stuck on Stupid
The Looming Minimum Wage Hike: Stuck on Stupid April 18, 2015 William Sullivan We might be inclined to laugh off the national demonstrations calling for a $15/hr minimum wage for burger-flippers, as the suggestion should be received as utterly ridiculous. But stifle your mirth.
Minimum Wage Laws are a Masterful Delusion
Minimum Wage Laws are a Masterful Delusion August 8, 2013 Jefferson Paine The minimum wage -- one of the neatest tools for political manipulation ever devised.