04/27/2024

A Post-Labor Day, Minimum-Wage Hangover

For years there has been a sense among many Americans that the working class is getting left behind as the rich grow richer. As the presidential contest warms up, candidates are talking about how they’d address the income divide.

Democrats, invariably, propose increasing the minimum wage. Hillary Clinton has voiced her support for fast-food demonstrators backed by labor unions that have demanded $15 an hour. She’s also in favor of raising the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, though she has been vague about how large…

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