September 9, 2014
Why Do Peacenik Liberals Make War on Business?
Last week, I wrote a brilliant piece arguing that we should stop mewing kids up in government child-custodial facilities, and let them go out to work. But there's a problem.
Who is going to want to pay kids minimum wage? Is a 13-year-old worth $7.65 an hour, let alone the proposed $10.10 per hour or magnificent $15 per hour that liberal politicians like Seattle's Kshama Sawant advocated and the Seattle City Council passed?
And yet “In a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released in early August, 60% of respondents said addressing income inequality by increasing the minimum wage to $10.10 would have a “positive” effect on the economy.”
In San Diego, the local business community is pushing back against the minimum-wage campaign with a petition drive. Who do you think is leading the campaign? Why, it's independent bookseller Ann Kinner. “It’s coming out my pocket, it’s going to come out of your pocket,” she says....(Read Full Article)