Posts Tagged ‘ minimum wage ’

The Banishment of the Marginal Worker

Feb 16th, 2012 | By | Category: Economics, Featured, Politics
Gary Gibson, Introduction... "The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell to the lowest point in almost four years last week," says the Associated Press this morning, "the latest signal that the job market is steadily improving," An improving job market? We're not so sure about that. We suppose it depends on ...read more

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The Destructiveness of Minimum Wage Laws

Jul 26th, 2010 | By | Category: Economics, Featured, Morning Whiskey
Once upon a time, many years ago, I had a Civil Service job and was making the princely sum of about $3,000/month ($150/day). At the time it was one of the highest paid Civil Service positions in the State of California. (For the most part, higher levels were political appointees.) ...read more

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Why Minimum Wage Means Maximum Slavery

Jul 31st, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Macro Economics, Personal Liberties
While we were in Vancouver last week, the dipsticks in Washington, District of Criminals did it again. They increased the Minimum Wage from $6.55 to $7.25 per hour. I don’t mean to preach to the choir, but there goes the remnant of what might otherwise have been the start of a ...read more

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