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Study of Los Angeles: Prosperity increases income inequality
Coverage of income inequality is shockingly slanted and inept. Lazy, populist demonization of the 1 percent is the standard default starting position for explaining why poor people make a small fraction of what the very wealthy do. But as I’ve
Read MoreCA govt. drives out another business
Warren Meyer finally had it. With the new year, he closed his park business in California. California no longer will be able to harass him, nor to collect taxes from him and his now unemployed ex-employees, many of whom will
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Strikes for higher minimum wage hit CA, USA
Anti-Walmart protests struck across California and the rest of America on Black Friday. The protesters demanded that the giant retailer pay its worker higher wages and benefits. As part of the protests, Robert Reich is pushing a petition on Facebook. The former
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Pressure grows for CA $15 minimum wage
The California Legislature this year boosted California’s $8 per hour minimum wage to $9 in July 2014 and $10 in January 2016. But advocates for, and beneficiaries of, that 25 percent wage hike are not content. Pressure is building
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Disability groups deliver petitions to Goodwill
Disability advocacy groups throughout the country are planning a sizeable delivery to Goodwill Industries today. But, instead of secondhand clothing or gently-used goods, the disability rights groups will be dropping off thousands of signed petitions from citizens who are
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CA minimum-wage hike: Expect 'very large' effect on low-wage jobs
Gov. Jerry Brown's signalling that he'll approve a bill to raise in two steps the minimum wage from $8 an hour to $10 an hour has prompted the usual dumb coverage of minimum wage increases, which notes that business groups/Republicans
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CA minimum wage may jump 25%
California has made progress in bringing down the unemployment rate. June’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 8.5 percent is the lowest since October 2008, according to California Employment Development Department data. Unemployment reached 12.4 percent during the Great Recession, and
Read MoreHow about a $100 per hour minimum wage?
April 25, 2013 By John Seiler The Democrats who run California believe they are “progressives.” They want to “help the poor, the working classes, the proletariat.” Hardly. Their latest sop to the oppressed: they want to increase the minimum wage
Read MoreWhy not a $100 minimum wage?
March 7, 2013 By John Seiler The Daily Kos liberal Web site is running a $10.10 national minimum wage campaign: “To the 113th Congress: “The minimum wage needs to keep up with the times, but today, it’s fallen behind, leaving
Read MoreBoosting minimum wage would kill jobs.
July 24, 2012 By John Seiler Even an atomic bomb doesn’t devastate a city as much as the minimum wage. After all, Hiroshima and Nagasaki recovered and today are thriving cities. The minimum wage destroys the ability of low-wage workers,
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