by Micah J. Fleck Hudson Institute senior fellow Jeffrey H. Anderson has uncovered some shocking numbers that reveal a tax plan like what Sanders proposes would actually reduce the average citizen’s income by one sixth. Anderson writes in The Weekly Standard: Now that Bernie Sanders has routed Hillary Clinton by 22 points in New Hampshire,…
We know it’s hard to believe, but apparently companies consider the cost of labor when picking locations for businesses. Walmart is shuttering nearly 150 stores across the US and it’s no surprise that those that are getting axed are in areas with higher minimum wages. “It can’t be a coincidence that Wal-Mart’s scalpel targeted stores in…
Connor D. Wolf Six minimum wage advocates were arrested Monday during a rally at Logan International Airport in Boston for refusing to comply with state police. The protest was part of a national movement aimed at bringing attention to low-wage airport workers and a $15 minimum wage. State police were forced to take action after…
Andrew Follett Real estate mogul and Presidential candidate Donald Trump Tweeted that wages in America are too low Monday, but in the November 10th Republican debate stated that American wages were too high. In the November 10 Republican debate, Trump stated “[t]axes too high, wages too high. We’re not going to be able to compete against the…