Tag Archives: Minimum Wage

NH lawmakers spike bill to raise minimum wage to $15 by 2021

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Steve Mac Donald

A bill that would have hiked the minimum wage in New Hampshire to as much as $15 per hour by 2021 has been defeated in the state Senate. The legislation, Senate Bill 554, would have gradually raised the minimum wage … Continue reading →

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Paul Hodes had Cognitive Dissonance again.

Posted on October 24, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

Concord Monitor (the ink-stained den for Progressives who have hard times stringing two coherent thoughts together) – on Jan 21, former CongressCritter Paul Hodes said that NH has to raise its entry labor costs in order to attract new businesses to … Continue reading →

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$15 Minimum Wage Hurts People, as Democrats Intend

Posted on August 6, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

Democrat politicians ooze concern for the poor and promise wonderful sounding policies to win the votes of gullible, ignorant, and willingly deceived people.  But, in practice, Democrat policies hurt the people they are promised to help.  The Democrat demanded $15 … Continue reading →

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St. Louis Raised The Minimum Wage, Then Missouri Reversed It

Posted on July 16, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

St. Louis recently increased its minimum wage to $10 an hour, more than $2 higher than the rest of the state. But the Missouri legislature has just passed a bill to nullify that city law, which means some St. Louis … Continue reading →

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To defend a higher minimum wage, San Fran looks at… banning robots

Posted on June 3, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

With the minimum wage in San Francisco currently at $13 dollars per hour, heading to $14 on July 1st and $15 one year after that, companies in the delivery business are already exploring the use of ground-based robots to bring … Continue reading →

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Andru Volinsky’s Plot to Fleece Taxpayers

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

Somehow, without any state mandated minimum hourly wage or exposure to Comrade Volinsky’s wage inequality inquisition employers, and the marketplace has set rates of pay well above the latest arbitrary Democrat narrative price point. More… | GraniteGrok

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Does the Minimum Wage Prevent Poverty?

Posted on May 19, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

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Thoughts on a Sunday

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

Twenty-one arrested as hundreds of Trump supporters and counter protesters clash at Berkeley rally. As one tweet stated, “The utterly predictable consequence of ‘punching Nazis’ as a strategy.” This is particularly true when the so-called “Nazi punchers” are themselves the … Continue reading →

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SUNY College Fires Cafeteria Workers for Food Dispensing Machines

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Steve Mac Donald

As Skip points out here, the odds are good Gov. Cuomo’s $15/hour min. Wage is a root cause. The entire cafeteria staff will be laid off at an upstate New York community college and replaced with food-dispensing machines. The Times … Continue reading →

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