Byron York
The president’s new edict to increase the minimum wage of federal contractors will likely cost thousands of jobs on military bases, with on-base businesses being unable to bear the sharp increase in operating costs.
Washington Examiner, April 28, 2014
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Sita Slavov & Aspen Gorry
The job losses that would result from hiking the minimum wage would disproportionately hit younger Americans.
U.S. News & World Report, May 1, 2014
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Gene Epstein
By banning unskilled laborers from accepting low-wage offers, minimum-wage laws make it harder for people to find work and harm those who are lowest on the economic ladder, condemning many to joblessness.
Barron’s, February 22, 2014