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KLAR: How Good Intentions Inflict a Vicious Cycle of Poverty

February 28, 2026 John Klar

Both political parties have been signaling their commitment to addressing the so-called affordability crisis. A recent report suggests that well-intentioned initiatives to increase minimum wages, while supported by a majority of voters, generally have a negative economic effect on those most in need. Good, old-fashioned economics explains why supply and demand do not bend to … Read more

Opinion: At-Risk Teens Will Pay for Wage Hike

July 9, 2025June 6, 2025 Daniel Idfresne

Real Clear Wire Former governor and current mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo wants to raise New York City’s minimum wage to $20 by 2027. His political theatrics may benefit his poll numbers, but they’ll only make it harder for at-risk youth to find work. Given the undeniable link between youth delinquency and unemployment rates, New York should be … Read more

MacDonald: DC Dem Discovers Inconvenient Truth About the Minimum Wage

May 21, 2025May 21, 2025 Steve MacDonald

Don’t expect them to admit that you were right. About what? Raising the minimum wage for tipped employees would result in lost hours, fewer jobs, higher prices, and restaurant closings. If you are reading this, assuming you are not some progressive troll, you knew that. The real minimum wage is zero, which is where more … Read more

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Maine Helps New Hampshire Be More Exceptional

January 3, 2025 Steve MacDonald

Vermont’s Minimum wage rose to over 14$ an hour for the first time on January 1st, 2025. We reported on that give to the Granite State here. It turns out the State of Maine was already meddling in that range as it just raised its rate on J1 from $14.15 to $14.65 per hour. First, thank … Read more

Vermont’s Minimum Wage Set to Break 14$/Hour

December 17, 2024 Steve MacDonald

Vermont has a law that jacks the minimum wage up every year. Either 5% or the rate of inflation, whichever is lower, which makes you think the Dems running the place (for the most part) would want a bit more honesty when it comes to reporting inflation, and that’s not happening (maybe Trumps DOL will … Read more

Social Justice Failure: Workers AREN’T Equal

July 15, 2024July 14, 2024 Skip

This is one of the basic economic ideas of the Left: reparations and retribution. And they never, EVER care about the results of their policies.

Social Justice Failure: Workers AREN’T Equal

July 15, 2024July 14, 2024 Skip

This is one of the basic economic ideas of the Left: reparations and retribution. And they never, EVER care about the results of their policies.

Gov Nuisance and The Job Killers – Wage Hike Erases at Least 10,000 Entry Level Positions

June 12, 2024 Steve MacDonald

If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it hundreds of times: When the government interferes in the marketplace, bad things happen. Minimum wage mandates are not the least of these worries, but meddlers will meddle and, in the face of facts, still think they know better.

Uber and Lyft Promise to Leave after Democrat City Council Meddles With Wages

April 14, 2024 Steve MacDonald

Political meddlers like to mess with everything, including ride-share companies. Early on, it was to protect cab companies that exercised political power to retain their cartel. Later, when and where that didn’t work, the busybodies put their dirty fingers in the wage pie. You don’t pay your drivers enough. We’re making you pay them more.

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Leading the Nation in Making People Jobless and Homeless

April 13, 2024 Steve Earle

Democrats reportedly are celebrating after passing their $20. hr min wage for many businesses. Yup, a victory for labor rights, they say, only there is a cost. As predicted, fast food chains are scrambling to adjust. Layoffs of full-time employment, cutting hours, some even closing up. Topping this off, prices are rising as we knew they would.

So Kids, What Did We Learn From This Week’s House Session (2/22/24)?

February 23, 2024February 23, 2024 Judy Aron

We learned that we were able to get through reconsideration of HB154 (reconsideration failed), 44 regular calendar bills and 1 bill pulled off consent, between 9 am and 5:30 pm, with an hour for lunch (thankfully provided by the NH Nurses Association). Everyone was prepared to stay much longer into the evening, but speeches were relatively short, and we had a nice amount of voice votes on bills, too!

Sanders’ Minimum Wage Law Would Cost 700,000 Jobs

December 26, 2023 Op-Ed

A proposed national minimum wage hike to $17 per hour by 2029 would come at an estimated cost of 700,000 American jobs, according to the nation’s Congressional Budget Office.

California Helps McDonald’s Wipe Out Its Competition

November 6, 2023 Steve MacDonald

In the name of equity or some other progressive god, the State of California embarked on a pilgrimage to the minimum wage holy land. A search for a price-point on an hour of labor most likely to accumulate Democrat votes without any regard for the cost to voters.

Where is John Galt?

September 17, 2023 Ian Underwood

There’s a new fast food law in California. It raises the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $20 per hour.

Not for employees of other businesses. Just for those at fast food restaurants.

And not even all fast food restaurants. Just some of them.

Proving Once Again That a Minimum Wage Costs Jobs

May 29, 2023 Skip

The minimum wage costs jobs, especially entry-level positions that help teach the young and unskilled about working for a living, having pocket money, an income, basic personal budgets, spending, and even paying taxes.

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When Faced with Higher Wages, Poor People Suffer the Most

February 4, 2023 Don

If Jay Newton is right, why are many workers poor after each minimum wage increase? Why, after about 24 minimum wage increases over 70 years, haven’t we achieved economic nirvana where everyone’s rich and no one’s poor? Minimum wage laws aren’t a panacea; they’re attractive-sounding political programs designed to get votes. A higher minimum wage … Read more