Posts Tagged ‘minimum wage’
New York restaurateur: we axed 500 employees because of higher minimum wage
The heartlessness of liberalism
I marvel at how often the policies of the Left hurt people. Worse, the people who impose them so often don’t care about the lack of compassion in their policies.
They ‘feel’ like these policies are good things, and that’s what matters. So when the people they tried to help are actually hurt, they turn a blind eye.
It is this mock benevolence that is so infuriating to conservatives.
The classic example of bad public policy is the minimum wage.
Read MoreThe heartless minimum wage
Nationally, the unemployment rate for black teenagers is six times that of the general population, and double that of the general teen population. These gaps don’t seem to change, and will get far worse if the president and his party have their way and increase the wage to fifteen dollars per hour.
Read MoreThe cruelty of the minimum wage
Liberal policies have gutted black families.
Great Society programs replaced dads with a welfare check by creating perverse social incentives. Black illegitimacy rates soared from 1 out of 4 out of wedlock births in the early sixties to 7 out of 10 today.
Fatherless homes breed social pathology, including increased poverty for women and children, increased illiteracy rates, increased drug use, increased crime rates, increased murder rates, and increased black teen unemployment rates. This is all statistically verifiable using data from the Obama administration. Recent decades have shown us that kids who can’t find jobs often join gangs…
Read MoreThe mock benevolence of liberals
“Instead of 12 cashiers making 8 to 10 dollars an hour, now there are 0 cashiers making 15 dollars an hour and 12 cashiers completely on welfare. That is Democrat’s version of furthering prosperity.”
Read MoreLabor unions and their liberal allies threaten jobs
“Many people fear a jobless future — and their anxiety is not unwarranted: Gartner, an information technology research and advisory firm, predicts that one-third of jobs will be replaced by software, robots, and smart machines by 2025.”
Read MoreMinimum wage reality check
Economic reality 101
How McDonald’s is reacting to coming minimum wage hikes
When Big Government forces private businesses to pay workers more than their skills are worth, workers either lose their jobs or new jobs are not created. In some cases, machines replace people.
Read MoreSmug minimum wage supporter misses the point
San Jose boosted their minimum wage to $10 per hour.
This happened a year ago. Minimum wage detractors warned of dire consequences to San Jose if they proceeded. Apparently, none of these dire consequences came true.
A Facebook friend of mine posted an article which pointed this all out, and added this sarcastic comment: