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Real Stories of Small Biz Owners Harmed By Wage Hikes
Date: February 05, 2019
Contrary to Democrats’ claim that a $15 minimum wage is “good for businesses,” new research shows that a $15 minimum wage would cost as many as two million jobs. Business owners throughout the country have grappled with the costs and consequences of … Continue reading
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Small Businesses Stand to Lose the Most in the “Fight for $15”
Date: January 15, 2019
In his 2013 State of the Union, President Obama called for a 25 percent increase in the federal minimum wage, to $9 an hour. Five years later, and the Democratic Party is demanding a minimum wage increase of more than … Continue reading
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New Year, Same Bad Idea: Starting 2019 with 43 Minimum Wage Hikes
Date: December 17, 2018
As the ball drops this New Year’s Eve, 43 states and municipalities across the U.S. will be implementing minimum wage hikes. The 20 states and 23 locales are listed below: After taking these increases into account, sixteen municipalities will have … Continue reading
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$15 Minimum Wage Too Radical, Even for Democrats
Date: November 15, 2018
New data shows that a $15 minimum wage was considered too radical for Congressional candidates on the campaign trail. The Progressive Change Institute (PCI), a liberal organization, compiled a dataset of left-of-center policy positions taken by the soon-to-be freshmen legislators. … Continue reading
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Minimum Wage Hikes Still Creating Winners and Losers
Date: October 25, 2018
Instead of alleviating poverty, Seattle’s minimum wage experiment is creating a system of winners and losers. A new study from economists with the University of Washington show that Seattle’s recent minimum wage mandate is marginalizing workers still looking to establish … Continue reading
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VIDEO: Bernie And Bezos on Amazon’s $15 Wage Folly
Date: October 12, 2018
Amazon’s recent decision to raise its starting pay rate to $15 an hour–responsive, in part, to pressure from Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders–generated controversy from an unlikely group of protesters: The company’s employees. “Why Some Amazon Workers Are Fuming About Their … Continue reading
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99% of “Arkansans for a Fair Wage” funding from outside Arkansas
Date: October 08, 2018
Come November, Arkansas will vote on Issue 5, a ballot initiative supported by “Arkansans for a Fair Wage”, which would hike the statewide minimum wage from $8.50 to $11.00 (a nearly 30 percent increase) by 2021. Behind the push for … Continue reading
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Companies are voluntarily raising wages without imperiling jobs in the process
Date: October 02, 2018
Amazon’s announcement of a $15 starting wage continues a trend of major companies, including Target and WalMart, voluntarily raising their minimum wage. Unfortunately, this positive development was soured by news that it would lobby for an increase of the federal … Continue reading
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The Dark Money behind Missouri’s Minimum Wage Push
Date: September 25, 2018
This November, Missouri voters will have the option to vote “yes” or “no” on proposition B, a ballot initiative that would increase the state’s minimum wage from $7.85 to $12.00 in 2022 (a 52 percent increase). The “local” group supporting … Continue reading
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Previous evidence of minimum wage harm refutes biased study
Date: September 10, 2018
A recent study from researchers with U.C. Berkeley’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment suggests that cities which have implemented a higher minimum wage have seen “no significant negative employment effects.” This is just the latest flawed report from … Continue reading