The “Consider This!” Podcast, Episode 35

By: Doug Payton (Diary)  |  March 27th at 10:05 AM  | 

The latest episode of the “Consider This!” podcast is out. Conservative commentary in 10 minutes or less. It appears that newly elected Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts is a listener to “Consider This!” How do I know? I suggest a $20 minimum wage as a thought experiment in episode 31, and now she’s one-up’ing me, suggesting $22. But her logic is flawed. (But, you knew that, right?) | Read More »

“Consider This!” Podcast, Episode 31

By: Doug Payton (Diary)  |  February 20th at 12:01 PM  | 

The latest episode of the “Consider This!” podcast is out; let’s talk politics in 10 minutes or less. In this episode, I have a one-track mind. In the President’s State of the Union address, he proposed increasing the minimum wage by about 25% to $9 an hour, as though this will somehow defeat poverty. The fact is, according to the government’s own Bureau of Labor Statistics, only | Read More »