NH Mean Hourly Wages: Proof That Less Government Interference Equals More Income?

This graphic below comes from a NH Employment Security and NH Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau Report. It’s a map. Don’t you love maps? This one depicts the most current hourly wage data available for New Hampshire – a state with the lowest poverty rate in the nation and that only enforces the federal minimum wage of 7.25/hour. Democrats want to double the minimum wage without regard to the economic consequences.

But I’m open minded. Find a state that mandates a higher minimum wage than New Hampshire and has less poverty, lower unemployment, better health outcomes, higher quality of life, and higher average annual income, and I’ll reconsider my position. (Hint: You wont.) So what are Democrats really after?

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Steve MacDonald

Steve is a long-time New Hampshire resident, award-winning blogger, and a member of the Board of Directors of The 603 Alliance. He is the owner of Grok Media LLC and the Managing Editor, Executive Editor, assistant editor, Editor, content curator, complaint department, Op-ed editor, gatekeeper (most likely to miss typos because he has no editor), and contributor at GraniteGrok.com. Steve is also a former board member of the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, The Republican Volunteer Coalition, has worked for or with many state and local campaigns and grassroots groups, and is a past contributor to the Franklin Center for Public Policy.

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