Posts Tagged ‘minimum wage’
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Work Smarter, Not Harder
Posted on July 10, 2015
I assume Jeb Bush misspoke when he talked about Americans having to work harder to get to a 4% growth rate. Most Americans work pretty hard. Those at the bottom...
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Making the Senate Work: What Mitch Learned From Harry
Posted on December 1, 2014
(This originally appeared in The Hill.) Mitch McConnell has learned several things from Harry Reid about how not to run the Senate. Much to the surprise of his colleagues, he is...
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Some Thoughts on Income Stagnation
Posted on November 20, 2014
There are currently two schools of thought on how to deal with America’s income disparity problem. One school of thought is a government program to raise the minimum wage paid...
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The Limits of Direct Democracy
Posted on November 6, 2014
I couldn’t do it. Despite talking a big game about being for pot legalization, when I had the chance to vote for the policy, I voted no. It didn’t matter. ...
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The Poverty Numbers
Posted on September 14, 2011
They said that if I voted for John McCain for President in 2008, poverty would increase in America. They were right. I voted for John McCain, and poverty has increased...
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