minimum wage

From John Stossel: http://stossel.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2010/09/27/minimum-wage-hurts-the-poor/

YouTube - The Effects of Minimum Wage on Different States

http://libertyisnow.blogspot.com/2010/08/labor-economics-3-minimum-wage.html

YouTube - Labor Economics - Sticky Wages, Mobility, and the Minimum Wage

Is anyone pushing for lowering minimum wage to help lower unemployment %. As a small business owner I have a hard time hiring an unskilled laborer at $8 dollars put I would consider hiring 2 at $5. Wouldn't that be a controversial campaign message! LOWER MINIMUM WAGE 2010!

http://www.asianreporter.com/paper/2010-21-Aug%202-pp01-10.pdf

Schwarzenegger Orders 200,000 State Workers be Paid Minimum Wage, State Controller John Chiang Refuses to Comply Inquiring minds note that California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger orders minimum wage for state workers Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday ordered about 200,000 state...

http://www.thelibertyupdate.com/minimum-wage-helps-the-poor-right/ This is an article from a Libertarian website I just started. This is one of my original pieces on a classic libertarian / free market issue and was inspired by the videos I embedded of Milton Friedman and Peter Schiff. The...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100627/ap_on_re_as/as_china_ant_tribes#mwpphu-container We need to pay our employees less in America to compete with tens of millions of educated Chinese engineers, technicians and inventors. An "austerity" attitude in the U.S. is the best way out of our...

Good article I found at LewRockwell "Minimum Wage Cruelty" was my column about the unemployment effects of Congress' 2007 minimum wage increase on the canning industry in American Samoa, a U.S. territory in the far Pacific Ocean. The 2007 legislation mandated 50 cents annual increases in Samoan...

George Step: Should we repeal the minimum wage law? Rand: No, its a settled question. But let me say this. Under the constitution, States, counties or local government can enact minimum wage laws, but when federal government gets involved in every single economic issue, it sets a dangerous...

during a recession? Another question he needs to answer for small business owners.

Minimum Wage, Maximum Stupidity by Peter Schiff, Euro Pacific Capital | July 10, 2009 Print In a free market, demand is always a function of price: the higher the price, the lower the demand. What may surprise most politicians is that these rules apply equally to both prices and wages. When...

YouTube - American Samoa: The real story 60 Minutes missed Schiff's comments reminded me of Henry Hazlitt's attack on the NRA entitled "The Fallacies of the NRA" whch was published in the American Mercury in 1933.

What impact do labor market monopsony and its derivatives have on the employment effects of the minimum wage? I'm of the opinion that the concept of the minimum wage necessarily reducing employment is an assumption that holds true only in the crude textbook model of the labor market, and is not...

Deflation Could Cause First Minimum Wage Cut Ever Vincent Fernando|Oct. 15, 2009, 1:34 PM | 761 |6 Deflationary forces might take their toll in a very tangible way for Colorado's minimum wage earners. The state could be the first ever to adjust down minimum wage due to a falling consumer...

Colorado minimum wage to drop as living costs fall By KRISTEN WYATT, Associated Press Writer Kristen Wyatt, Associated Press Writer Tue Oct 13, 1:26 pm ET DENVER – Colorado will become the first state to reduce its minimum wage because of a falling cost of living. The state Department of Labor...

http://www.communitycrown.com/story_09_22_09_minimum_wage_taxes_2008.php Minimum wage earners are paying a 40% tax rate after "hidden taxes". WOW.

Another Minimum Wage Hike: But Will It Help? Selwyn Duke | The New American 25 July 2009 In another example of turning lemonade into lemons in economically troubled times, the federal minimum wage increased yesterday from $6.55 an hour to $7.25 an hour. It's certainly a fashionable...

And the State continues to make us all poorer. :mad::p:( Compliance Assistance - Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Overview The FLSA establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment standards affecting employees in the private sector and in Federal...