Collecting My Thoughts

Who are they kidding? $20/hour in California for an unskilled teen-ager, or recently released prisoner? Minimum wage was never intended to ...

A hike in the minimum wage for federal workers to $15/hour is in Biden's American rescue plan. Don't fall for it. Only a tiny perce...

My favorite senator, Joe Manchin (D) WV, is the man of the hour. He is and has been a great guy for the residents of WV and the USA as a cou...

The minimum wage is showtime for Democrats. FDR used it in the 1930s to destroy the economy for black communities so they couldn't compe...

Don't be fooled by their sob stories. Democrats trot out this tired donkey weighed down by this burden every election. It's a tiny ...

So many Democrats believe Trump's economy talk and tweets are "spin." They whine, post stupid memes, and have no respect for p...

I've never used Uber or Lyft, but I can see the big hand of government regulation killing the gig economy. "The Seattle City Counci...

The black unemployment rate, 6.7%, is the lowest ever recorded, but that's not how liberals/progressives see it. USA Today asks, "W...

Looking at the excellent stats in this article, I see I might have been making close to minimum when I worked in high school and saved enoug...

“The Democrats seek to more than double the federal minimum wage. “A $15 federal minimum wage affirms the bedrock idea of fairness in our co...

The Democrat policies you say you care about are:  “Most are in the area of social issues: common-sense gun control, affordable health care ...

Shopped at Walmart this morning. Noticed the hiring banner at the door. $11.50 starting wage. I've also noticed at various Walmarts that...

On my way to the grocery, I noticed a large banner in front of White Castle. Begin at $9.50, then $10.50 after training. The federal minim...

"San Francisco’s ever-rising minimum wage—set to hit $15 next year—has restaurant owners asking for the check. At Least 60 Bay Area ...

The issues important to voters between New York and LA in 2016 where Trump won were, 1) terrorism, 2) economy, 3) education, 4) jobs, 5...

Minimum wage issues brought out the paid demonstrators during the Obama years, but little was said during the election. Why? Because it...

Labor Day. There's a lot of support for an increase in minimum wage, because it makes good politics and sounds generous, but not much ec...

So who gains from raising the minimum wage? Politicians and labor unions. Minimum wage increases tip the balance in favor of higher-skilled—...

Moving to a $15/hr minimum wage isn't necessarily a win-win for society: Because low-wage workers get less work experience under a highe...

“European nations with the highest minimum wages have unemployment rates that are twice as high, on average, as those with no minimum wages....