minimum wage
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ConstitutionEconomicsGovernmentPolitics
Should Minimum Wage Be Set by Any Governmental Body?
by Nancy Thorner & Dave Pennington February 22, 2021Legislative action that purports to achieve an economic goal directly is doomed to failure, both in its stated intention and, more broadly, in the collateral damage it will cause
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We increasingly live in a new “dark age” of economic ignorance, and even stupidity.
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Bernie Sanders is having trouble with his unionized–and apparently underpaid–labor force.
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Budgets/Taxes
Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s Minimum Wage Plan Will Drive More Jobs From Illinois
by Joe Barnett March 6, 2019Like a train wreck in slow motion, the Illinois General Assembly is moving to fulfill Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s campaign promise to increase the statewide minimum wage to $10, $12 and then $15 per hour over the next few years.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
The Minimum Wage When Elizabeth Warren Was Kid
by Clifford Thies February 19, 2019“Back when I was a kid, a minimum-wage job could support a family of three. Today, a full-time minimum-wage job in America won’t keep a mama and a baby out of poverty.”
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Budgets/TaxesClimate ChangeEducationEnvironment/EnergyFeaturedPodcastTaxes
In The Tank (ep153) – Forest Fires, Effects of Minimum Wage and Corporate Income Taxes
by Donald Kendal August 17, 2018Donny Kendal and John Nothdurft present episode #153 of the In The Tank Podcast. This week’s episode features work from The Property and Environment Research Center, the Texas Public Policy Foundation, and the Center of the American Experiment.
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Budgets/Taxes
Celebrate National Waitstaff Day with a Generous Tip, Not More Government Mandates
by Lindsey Stroud May 25, 2018Monday was National Waitstaff Day, a time to appreciate the estimated 2.25 million waitstaff working in America’s 542,000 eating and drinking establishments, and this year, the U.S. Census Bureau is urging Americans to “add a smile to the tip” as they dine out.
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Most of us both value and take for granted the ability to make decisions about our own lives.
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Local lawmakers in Seattle, Washington and state lawmakers in Massachusetts are considering or have passed new surcharges on higher-income households in their jurisdictions, squeezing successful members of society even more in the name of “fairness.”
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Solar Fannie Mae: Worse Than Subsidizing Fake Energy? Mandating We Buy It
by Seton Motley July 10, 2017Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis popularized the phrase “laboratories of democracy”: “(T)o describe how a ‘state may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.’”
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EconomicsFeatured
Illinois’ $15-per-hour Minimum Wage Proposal Is Just ‘Pie in the Sky’
by Nancy Thorner July 3, 2017If the government dictates an increase in the cost of labor, employers have two options. They can raise prices, or they can try to get by with fewer workers.
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Budgets/TaxesEconomicsFeaturedHealth CareLegal AffairsPodcast
In The Tank (ep95) – New Heartland President Announced!! FDA Deregulates Health Apps, and Minimum Wage Fail
by Donald Kendal June 30, 2017John Nothdurft and Donny Kendal present episode #95 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s podcast features work from the Manhattan Institute and the American Enterprise Institute.
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Budgets/TaxesFeatured
Minimum Wage Hikes Hurt the Poor. There’s a Better Way
by Matthew Glans August 9, 2016Arizona is one of three states — Maine and South Dakota are the others — that will ask voters in November to approve a minimum-wage increase.