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Mandating unemployment.(Between The Lines)
ITEM: Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, reported the Chicago SunTimes for June 20, "proposed raising the federal minimum wage to $7 an hour by 2007, arguing that such an increase could boost the wages o['more than 15 million Americans"
Some worry that this would injure small businesses and job creation, but Kerry "rejected that argument;' according to the account. Kerry said: "Some people stand up and say, 'Oh gosh, don't raise the minimum wage, that's going to hurt us in this small business: But you know what? It never has."
BETWEEN THE LINES: Senator Kerry really does have a plan to reduce the number of "working poor": He wants more nonworking Americans who would be even poorer.
Higher unemployment, especially among entry-level workers (sometimes accompanied by reduced benefits or fewer hours of work), is inevitable when the government forces employers to increase their labor costs. This proposed hike would be the largest increase in entry-level wages ever, a 36 percent jump. Small employers and labor-intensive businesses, notes the National Restaurant Association, "are the most impacted by mandated entry-level wage increases...." Similarly, the National Federation of Independent Business refers to the "job-killing nature" of such mandates, saying the plan "is a 'pink ...
- Minimum wage - does anyone care anymore?
- Magazine article from: The Mississippi Business Journal Northway, Wally June 22, 2009 700+ words
...President George W. Bush signed the Fair Minimum Wage Act, which amended the Fair Labor Standards...incremental increase in the national minimum wage, emotions ran high. Some Mississippians...took up the debate of crafting a state minimum wage law. The national minimum ...
- Minimum wage made by male in early 20s.
- Newspaper article from: Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, UT) December 15, 2006 700+ words
...year-long study on who is earning minimum wage in Utah commissioned by Gov. Jon Huntsman...are most likely to earn more than the minimum wage of $5.15 an hour. But the findings...government was going to [raise the minimum wage], should we not step aside and let...
- Minimum wage--does anyone care anymore? Next hike drawing little attention.
- Magazine article from: Mississippi Business Journal Northway, Wally June 22, 2009 700+ words
...President George W. Bush signed the Fair Minimum Wage Act, which amended the Fair Labor Standards...incremental increase in the national minimum wage, emotions ran high. Some Mississippians...took up the debate of crafting a state minimum wage law. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The ...
- MINIMUM WAGE HIKE LOOKS LIKELY DOYLE, REPUBLICANS FIND COMMON GROUND.(METRO)
- Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI) Davidoff, Judith Pommer, Matt May 12, 2005 700+ words
...an-hour increase in the state's minimum wage, effective June 1, seemed assured...to ban local governments from having minimum wage requirements higher than the state...two-step increase in the state's minimum wage to $5.70 on June 1 and to $6.50...
- MINIMUM-WAGE JOBS ENABLE SURVIVAL, BUT LITTLE ELSE
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Ellen J. Bartlett, Globe Staff March 29, 1987 700+ words
...cracking eggs and frying hamburgers for minimum wage brings her less than $150 a week...employment agencies citywide that the minimum wage is obsolete. But the 30-year-old...nothing of this. She has worked for minimum wage since she arrived in the United States...
- Minimum wage divides economists, but few see it as critically important.(A)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Sands, David R. April 3, 1996 700+ words
...whether to raise the $4.25-an-hour minimum wage, they'll be entering a battlefield...employment effects of raising the mandatory minimum wage, experts even disagree about how much...spectrum would tell you that increasing the minimum wage in this economy would result in very...
- Minimum wage issue has been politically charged from start.(Originated from...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Zaldivar, R.A. May 21, 1996 700+ words
...are leading this year's fight for a minimum-wage increase, but when Congress passed...the time _ opposed a government-set minimum wage. The fledgling Congress of Industrial...The unions were very much against the minimum wage,'' said Edward Berkowitz, a historian...
- MINIMUM WAGE BILL'S FATE IFFY \ AMENDMENTS CLOUD PICTURE.(News)
- Newspaper article from: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY) Steitzer, Stephenie February 10, 2006 700+ words
...basement if Kentucky lawmakers raised the minimum wage from $5.15 an hour to $6.50...afford to buy gas. Bills to increase the minimum wage have gone nowhere in the past several...Kentucky is one of 25 states that set the minimum wage the same as the federal minimum ...
