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Fantasy Economics
November 2007 · David Kreutzer · WorldNetDaily
In a fantasy-football world, everyone is a billionaire and your team never needs to practice. In a fantasy-economics world, the disadvantaged and the poorly skilled can be made richer and happier with wage floors and employer mandates. Although fantasy football has no impact on real football, fantasy economics is often turned into legislation. With fantasy economics, the minimum wage can be raised to any level as long… -
Pols Play, You Pay
October 2007 · Jill Jenkins · The National Review Online
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the California state legislature’s Democratic leadership are knee-deep in their “special session” on health-care reform. If the rhetoric coming from Sacramento’s bigwigs is any indication, they aren’t just scrambling to rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic — they’re blowing holes in the ship’s hull in the absurd hope of getting the water to leak out faster. Both Schwarzenegger and the Democrats support… -
Minimum wage hikes are killing teens’ summer jobs
August 2007 · Jill Jenkins · Newsday
Summer’s almost over. And for too many teens this year the answer to “What did you do over summer vacation?” will not be, “I had a job.” Manhattan’s teen employment rate is less than 17 percent – that’s the lowest among major American cities. And between 2005 and 2006 the number of New York State teens classified as “unemployed” – those who are actively seeking a job… -
No wonder it’s tough for teens to get summer jobs
August 2007 · Jill Jenkins · Washington DC Examiner
School’s out for the summer. And it’s harder than ever to find a job if you’re a teen. Researchers at Northeastern University estimate that this summer about 64 percent of 16-19 year-olds won’t have a job. That matches the worst rate recorded in the last 57 years. And the percentage of teens classified as “unemployed” – those who are actively seeking a job but can’t get one… -
Minimium wage hike dims teens’ chances
August 2007 · Jill Jenkins · The San Diego Union-Tribune
School’s out for the summer. And it’s harder than ever to find a job if you’re a teen. The Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University estimates that this summer about 64 percent of 16-19 year-olds won’t have a job. That matches the worst rate recorded in the last 57 years. And the percentage of teens classified as “unemployed” – those who are actively seeking a… -
A Raise Won’t End Poverty
July 2007 · Dr. Jill Jenkins · The New York Times
Washington — HOW much do you think the average New York household with one minimum wage worker earns per year? $10,000? $15,000? $20,000? Wrong, wrong and wrong. It’s $53,370 a year, according to the latest census bureau figures. True, with that kind of money, a minimum wage worker won’t be buying the Knicks anytime soon. But it does put him comfortably in the middle class, with a…