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01/06/2018 / By Robert Jonathan

So-called “minimum wage” for federal workers hits $100K as bloated government loots America

When a big snowstorm occurs, like the one that hit the East Coast this past week, the powers that be usually put out the word that “unessential” public-sector employees should stay home. That always raises the following question: If they are unessential, why are they on the government payroll in the first place? New data […]

08/31/2016 / By usafeaturesmedia

How to kill jobs, big government style

(BigGovernment.news) No matter how hard you try to convince socialist Democrats that artificially hiking wages will kill employment and hurt the poor the most, they refuse to listen – even when the proof is staring them in the face. Washington, D.C. is owned lock, stock and barrel by the Democratic Party, which explains why city […]

04/07/2016 / By usafeaturesmedia

California Democrats just made it harder for poor people to earn a living

(BigGovernment.news) With great fanfare, California Democrats celebrated when Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a new measure requiring businesses to pay all employees a minimum of $15 an hour over the next six years. Rather than celebrating, every elected official who voted for it owes every business owner in the state an apology, though it […]

02/25/2016 / By usafeaturesmedia

Study: Minimum wage hikes lead to less employment for low-skilled workers

(BigGovernment.news) A new study has born out critics’ predictions about disproportionately high minimum wage hikes – namely, that they depress employment for low-wage workers. According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, the study found that minimum wage increases cut employment opportunities for low-skilled workers by some 6 points during the Great Recession. “This period’s […]

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