The Cruelty of the Minimum Wage

By: Loren Heal (Diary) | February 16th at 10:45 AM |

In his State of the Union speech Tuesday, President Obama called for an increase in the federal minimum wage, gloating that it had been endorsed even by his vanquished moderate Republican opponent in the 2012 campaign. A minimum wage increase is not needed, and would harm those it’s supposed to help.

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