Mayor Pete Says Raise Minimum Wage or Make God Mad
Mayor Pete Buttigieg went on the offensive attacking conservative Christian senators during the Democratic Presidential debate Tuesday night, quoting the Bible to justify raising the minimum...
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House Votes to Raise Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour
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The House voted 231-199 Thursday to raise the national minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour over six years, with Democrats contending the bill...
Why the Minimum Wage Can’t Solve the Poverty Problem
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If wages for those at the bottom are high, you may naturally expect low poverty rates. No matter how you define it, higher wages would...
The 7 Worst Ideas for Regulation This Century
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Many good things have happened both in the United States and worldwide this century. In the U.S., we have the lowest unemployment rate in half...
NYC Starts Feeling the Bite of $15 Minimum Wage.
Some New Yorkers are quite upset by the recent raise of the minimum wage in the state to $15, which has resulted in restaurants all...
Bernie Also Has A Plan To Give Everyone In America A Job
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THOMAS PHIPPEN Reporter Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders has a new plan to give a job, with $15 an hour minimum wage and health care...
Shocking Study Shows $15 Minimum Wage Makes Workers Poorer
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LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen A study on the increasing minimum wage in Seattle, Wash., found that the low-income workers in the city actually have been losing an...
Second Canadian State Sets $15/Hr Minimum Wage
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LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Dries Van Thielen As more and more states in the US are introducing and raising the minimum wage, it...
Report: St. Louis Stands To Lose 1,000 Jobs Over Minimum Wage Increase
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LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ted Goodman An $11 minimum wage in St. Louis, Missouri may cost the city 1,000 jobs, mostly belonging to...
Baltimore City Council Passes $15 Minimum Wage
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LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ted Goodman Baltimore is the latest major American city to vote on raising its minimum wage to $15 an...