Tag Archives: Minimum Wage

$15 Minimum Wage Hurts People, as Democrats Intend

Posted on August 6, 2017 by

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

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

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

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

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Thoughts on a Sunday

Posted on April 17, 2017 by

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

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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